 | Fighting the battles - Loosing the real war| Politics Discuss Fighting the battles - Loosing the real war in the Current forums; Originally Posted by Lunatic
The war in Iraq is pure folly
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08-04-2006, 01:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Lunatic The war in Iraq is pure folly |  Quote: |
Originally Posted by Lunatic Anyone who has spent any significant amount of time amoung the Arabs knows the dream of an Western style democracy in Iraq is nothing but fantasy. | I have lived among them for about 15 months and that I agree with. They do not wish to have democracy there.
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Originally Posted by P38 Pilot What about an Arab styled democracy? | I'm actually beginning to believe that untill the arabs get out of their culture of "clans", then a republican form of govt. is impossible.
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Originally Posted by Lunatic My whole point in this thread is that we are playing into their hands by failing to run our economy in a responsible manner. The war in Iraq is pure folly - it is costing us billions we don't have and it will not result in a "democracy" when all is said and done. Anyone who has spent any significant amount of time amoung the Arabs knows the dream of an Western style democracy in Iraq is nothing but fantasy. | I don't think of totally as a folly - based on actions of some of the countries that make up the middle east, there needs to be a western presence in the region. While I agree they will never accept western style democracy, but they need to know that until they control radical Muslim clerics who incite terrorists and other nut-jobs, the western powers will always be in their faces....
The biggest deterrent to deal with these @ssholes to develop alternate energy sources so we don't but their oil. In a few years that will put the "Arab back in his tent."
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They're waiting. 
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