Victory #1: The Iraqi People having a Democratic Election
Yes this is good. However, it probably should not have happened with American military force. The Bush administration led America into this war based on WMDs. Suddenly there is a flip-flop. He realized his reason for going to war was totally false, so he is trying to put a positive spin on things by saying the intention of the war was to spread democracy.
I found out this morning that I have some agreement with Pat Buchanan. He states that the US cannot forcefully spread democracy to every country in the world. This is true. If Bush and his dummies believe this, our country will be at never ending war. Invading other countries is the best advirtisement for creating new terrorists.
Victory #2: Howard Dean, MD elected to chair of democratic party.
I believe this is a big victory for the democrats. Everyone is fearful that he is too much of a liberal to win over the country. First, he doesn't have to take over the country. He just has to be an organizer, which he does very effectively. Second, he's not that liberal. Look at his views and you'll see he's a fiscal conservative (unlike the current president). Thirdly, he won by getting votes from Southern Democrats, an area where the Dems need to expand.
Dr. Dean will put a spine back in the Democratic Party.
Lenny
2 comments:
I think that the reason we invaded Iraq was to kill the terrorists,
period. Trying to instill democracy in a country that is run by
militant terrorists is simply a way to try to keep terrorism in check.
While Bush's words have caused people to accuse him of planning on
running around the world preaching democracy, I sincerely do not think
that is what he intends. However, when we are at war with a country,
and we win that war, it is completely understandable that we will try to
enforce our way of governing in that country. History is filled with
this kind of thing. One country invades another, wins, and starts to
govern (or rule that country.) What we did in Iraq is not even close to
being as forceful. Afterall, we do not intend on ruling Iraq. On the
contrary, we are trying to have them run their own country in a more
humane, and less dangerous-to-the-rest-of-the-world, way. I don't think
that trying to instill democracy in a terrorist country is going to
generate more terrrorists. These people will hate us no matter what we
do. There will always be terrorists out there; it's just a matter of
keeping them in check, under a watchful eye. Bush's job is to protect
the American people, and I see no better way of doing it than going and
taking out the leaders of these fundamentalist, hateful people.
The problem with this is that there was NO CONNECTION BETWEEN IRAQ AND TERRORISTS. Read the intelligence info. Even Bush's advisors will admit that there was no connection. It was all false, just to get the people on his side. This is the biggest lie and misconception on the part of the people who support the war.
Additionally, most attempts to establish democracies by force in other countries have failed. Watch Bowling for Columbine for numerous examples.
Lenny
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