What was that about spreading democracy in the Middle East?


	What was that about spreading democracy in the Middle East?

kelvin273

2-8-2008 9:35 PM

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iraq, islam, women, feminism

kelvin273 says:

So this makes the second country we've invaded that's fallen into chaotic squabbling among warlords and other nutjobs. Granted, in Afghanistan that was pretty much the status quo for most of history....

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