"War in Iraq has become a total disaster"


	"War in Iraq has become a total disaster"

masbury

8-25-2008 11:46 PM

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iraq, war

masbury says:

"a devastated population in an obliterated nation lacking in the most essential supplies and services; a nation where death continues on a shopping spree"

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8-26-2008 3:33 AM

abailart

Creating evil by 'doing good'.

8-26-2008 2:39 PM

darkduskx

The only way to create a democracy is to destroy everything around it...

8-26-2008 3:26 PM

masbury

Then it is scarcely a democracy. Democracy is a chosen form of government, not a refuge of last resort. Forced democracy is an oxymoron, a tyranny by another name.

8-26-2008 6:07 PM

darkduskx

Choice being the keyword and choice being what makes democracy work to begin with.

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