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Originally Posted by shakermaker
obviously im not old enough to remember the peak of Thatchers power but i have heard of all the pain and struggle she caused amongst working class folk from my parents and family friends etc.
i didnt say we are GETTING peace in Iraq; i said the AIM of the war is to bring about democracy and some kind of peace to the country.
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Iraq
was at peace before George and Tony decided to go in and stir things up. Had they not done so, tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi men women and children would be alive today, quietly going about their daily lives. Ken Bigley and all the other murdered western hostages would still be alive. 2000 US soldiers would still be alive and OVER A HUNDRED BRITISH SOLDIERS WOULD STILL BE ALIVE! And HM Treasury would be £6Billion better off.
Yes Saddam Hussein was a despot, but the region has a history of despotism, they know how to deal with it. What they do not have, is any understanding of democracy. And what the allies have signally failed to do is teach the Iraqi people anything at all about the concept other than that they can now vote for who they like rather than who they were told to. Some democracy! Some freedom!