No change, except that the facts presented in these discussions have perhaps deepened my opposition to Western military imperialism.

AKS - the biggest problem America will face in introducing Iraq to "some basic elements of democracy" is that you can't teach what you truly don't know.

However, that scenario is highly unlikely - US military tradition is to pull out as soon as it's economic/oil interests are secured, leaving the conquered people in chaos and their less high-and-mighty allies to bury the dead and clean up the mess. I suspect the same will happen in Iraq.

This US administration cares NOTHING for the processes of 'democracy', as evidenced by their trampling of the UN and international law.
Murderous fascists masquerading as proponents of freedom and democracy for the sake of economic gain? Sorry bout the rant, but the blindness and stupidity of war and the lies which support it can really infuriate me, when I let myself go there!

daylia