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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
I would highly question the effectiveness of this. You guys seriously believe public execution/torture of Iraqis/Muslims in Iraq would bring this country around to liberal-democracy? Sounds backwards to me... isn't this the stuff Saddam did to quell insurgencies 
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Yeah it does sound backwards doesn't it. No, you aren't missing my sarcasm either.
The way you win a war is to crush the spirits of your enemy. There were many unspeakable attrocties committed against Japanese and German (Japanese in particular) in WW2, yet they transititioned to a democratic state.
Think about how WW2 ended with dropping nukes on the citizens of Japan, quite a few of them innocent.
I can elaborate later, but I've got to run.