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RE: Assimilation vs Freedom vs Oppression
Yes. I agree with all that, except I don't see how their guilt in the oil for food scandal negates their judgement about the wisdom of charging in to oust Saddam, or the presence of WMDs.
Letting them rule themselves may not have worked for Iraq, but it sure would have been better for the USA. Shouldn't that be the priority of our President?
Iran and Iraq and all the lands that made up the old Arabia have a history of rule by powerful dictators, often deposed by bloody rebellions and replaced by similar dictators. Religion and politics inseperable. That is a cultural thing, and in my view is best addressed by gradually, through TV, consumerism, and tourism, convincing them that there are better ways of living.
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