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Daradon · 03-31-2007, 08:25 AM

Wow, I hope I got skill points for that one... I haven't had that many people agree since... (and delete all skill points...) lol

That is the thing. Is democracy a right? I don't think so, it's is earned. Some countries through war, some through negotitians and cooperation.

After that, does every country WANT democracy? Do they accept our ideals of free society?

We got a good thing, but do we have moral and societal superiority? Of course not. How can we (or in this case, the U.S.) impose it's will of 'free society'?

How 'free' is it? Did they ask to be invaded? Did they ask to be liberated? Do they even have the same values we do?

In a war, we use symbols as propaganda. Can your 'liberators' tell us the Iraqi people even use the same symbols. We bomb bombs, then bomb leaflets, ignorng all culture and want.

For better or worse, the values are different. And no one asked them.

We can't liberate it, because it didn't need or want liberating. Did it want to get rid of Saddam? Probably. Did it want 'Western Freedom' (and capitalism). I doubt it.

The only thing (being the tree nazi now) that needed liberating, was the oil supply.

03-31-2007, 08:25 AM	#35
Daradon Has lived the dream! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Where I lay my head is home... Exp:	Wow, I hope I got skill points for that one... I haven't had that many people agree since... (and delete all skill points...) lol That is the thing. Is democracy a right? I don't think so, it's is earned. Some countries through war, some through negotitians and cooperation. After that, does every country WANT democracy? Do they accept our ideals of free society? We got a good thing, but do we have moral and societal superiority? Of course not. How can we (or in this case, the U.S.) impose it's will of 'free society'? How 'free' is it? Did they ask to be invaded? Did they ask to be liberated? Do they even have the same values we do? In a war, we use symbols as propaganda. Can your 'liberators' tell us the Iraqi people even use the same symbols. We bomb bombs, then bomb leaflets, ignorng all culture and want. For better or worse, the values are different. And no one asked them. We can't liberate it, because it didn't need or want liberating. Did it want to get rid of Saddam? Probably. Did it want 'Western Freedom' (and capitalism). I doubt it. The only thing (being the tree nazi now) that needed liberating, was the oil supply. Last edited by Daradon; 03-31-2007 at 08:33 AM.