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John you should pick up a copy of deterring democracy by Noam Chomsky. It will help disabuse you of your beliefs about the good intentions of US foreign policy.

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I'll look into it if iI can get it cheap [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] or maybe I'll see if the local library has it - I like to go to the library about once a month and browse and read a bit.

I'm not saying that American policy is based on altruism, but rather that I think this particular administration genuinely thought they could bring "democracy" to Iraq and from there to the Middle East, and that that would be a good thing as well as a good long-term strategic move (of course they miscalculated). I also think that it was somewhat down the list as far as their priorities went.

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i respect your posts john, however democracy in postwar iraq definitely wasn't the agenda of this administration. in fact democracy in iraq would be painful for US interests. just look around the region about the closest american allies. the last thing US want in the middle east would be a democracy.