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Fair enough. I never said I supported any of the alternative forms of goverment. But I reject the point that 'Iraqis were free to select their own form of government'. Whether thats an important issue or not is up to you. I'm not passing judgement on what government they picked, just on their ability and freedom of range to pick.
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True. But the people picked, from a ballet that was pretty long. Could you possibly fit 200 different parties, all from the same political spectrum on one ballet?
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No. That's why I said, 'if you...' as opposed to 'you...' (HOZ-style). You're free to say you don't believe in it.
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Well maybe you should quit trying to compare me to HOZ.
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I guess that depends on how relevant things that happened 20 years ago are today. Being a history graduate, I think that the last 2 decades is incredibly recent history, and that nearly everything going on today has roots in the years and decades preceding.
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Not what I meant. I never said history was not important, but am kinda ****ed off that everyone that opposes the US in their struggle to install democracy in Iraq, will always go back and mention how the US, 20 years ago supported anti-democratic governments in Asia, or South America. This is a different era, different war.
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History is _hugely_ important. Those who don't know it are doomed to repeat it. Its where we draw our lessons from. In 10-20 years we'll be looking at the Iraqi occupation and drawing conclusions that will affect politics then, just as Vietnam did.
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Yes indeed we will.
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Since they disbanded basically every Iraqi government organization, yes, the US military would be responsible for looking after the government.
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Naturally.
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I remember. I certainly think its too soon to judge whether or not they were right. They also don't believe in invading North Korea and Iran, something that the US apparently agrees with at the moment.
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It really doesn't matter whether or not the UN was right. What they should do now is get into Iraq and help the people rebuild the country. Forget about the reasons for going to war, what happened and who did it.
The UN also didn't agree with invading Rhwanda during the genocide. What does that say of their credibility?