Subj : The War Has No Clothes To : Frank Reid From : The Lizard Master Date : Thu Oct 06 2005 09:13 am Re: The War Has No Clothes By: Frank Reid to Jazzman on Thu Oct 06 2005 05:30 am > Re: The War Has No Clothes > By: Jazzman to Deuce on Wed Oct 05 2005 10:36 am > > > The proposed mechanism is that of a solid Iraqi govenerment that's > > able to stand on it's own. Once that happens, i think we will all > > be fascinated. > > Exactly correct! No one should expect some magical democratic > transformation over night. We're not trying to establish a "mini-US" > there, and it will take some time, but it's very reasonable to expect > Iraq to flourish as a democratic society. As I've mentioned before (on > another sub and long ago), the Iraqi people have historically been one > of the more progressive cultures in that region. > That was mostly because of Saddam's secular government. ---TLM --- þ Synchronet þ Nite Eyes BBS 24/7 Doors/Message Bases/C=64 niteeyes.etowns.net .