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Originally Posted by Jamoni
As far as giving them a democracy, what if they don't WANT one? What if an oligarchic theocracy is what they'd prefer? Will we still force a democracy upon them? And what if the people overthrow that democracy 10 years from now? Will we go back in to re-establish the democracy they didn't want?
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Good point.
I think it's hard for us (US, Europe, etc) to understand what they
want. Maybe we're just trying to give them what
we think they want.
Now a democracy seems to be the answer; the Iraqis can choose what they want. But there are several different groups in Iraq that aren't able to communicate with each other, apart from killing each other. That’s a religion issue the US and/or the UN can’t solve for them.
Now I’m not saying Saddam was a good man (or is a good man), but he had the country under control with force, and I wonder if there’s any other way. It looks like some Iraqis want a full out civil war to run the country their way. I really don’t see how this could be resolved.
Don’t misunderstand me now, I don’t think this mess is the US’s fault, I think it was FUBAR before the US ever came along that part of the world.