Archer Opterix
I really enjoy your posts Arch since you do give a lot of thought most times to what you are saying. Your response here, though emphasizing the horror perpetrated by men in power throughout history, nonetheless fails to answer the question " does Iraq need a "bad" (but not "very bad") person in order to function?"
Since, despite our abhorrence of these actions, we must also give an answer to the implied question of just what type of person
do we require in order for there to be a stability in the region?
And there is the rub. Can a working democratic government exist before the people themselves are willing to let go tribal jealousies and work together at solving differences without violence? In other words, given the level of terror being forced upon the Iraqis from within, can a government eventually establish itself without first being bloody themselves?
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