28th June 2004, 3:24 PM
Wasn't a new constitution written up that would guarentee certain rights of the people, something America had a hand in, that would PREVENT that very sort of scenario of a new dictatorship emerging?
Anyway, yes, America DID have a HUGE controlling part in setting up this place, but come on, we sorta HAD to. We couldn't have just said "um, okay we tore up the joint... you do whatever you want from now on", we had to actually make the government one we'd be happy with, and honestly that was EXACTLY what HAD to be done at that point. We HAD to step in and TELL them how to run their country for when we would finally step out to prevent another Saddam. We could NOT allow the whole place to tear itself apart until a new dictator, who would likely hate us even more than Saddam, stepped in and the place was ruled even worse. Whether or not the war was the right thing to do, I'm still considering if we really needed to go there myself (the main reason I supported going there is now under serious doubts, meaning my agreeing with the original decision is also under serious doubts), BUT, after the fact there really is no question that we had to go all the way and reform their government in our image. We couldn't "waffle" or anything like that after what we did, no question.
Anyway, yes, America DID have a HUGE controlling part in setting up this place, but come on, we sorta HAD to. We couldn't have just said "um, okay we tore up the joint... you do whatever you want from now on", we had to actually make the government one we'd be happy with, and honestly that was EXACTLY what HAD to be done at that point. We HAD to step in and TELL them how to run their country for when we would finally step out to prevent another Saddam. We could NOT allow the whole place to tear itself apart until a new dictator, who would likely hate us even more than Saddam, stepped in and the place was ruled even worse. Whether or not the war was the right thing to do, I'm still considering if we really needed to go there myself (the main reason I supported going there is now under serious doubts, meaning my agreeing with the original decision is also under serious doubts), BUT, after the fact there really is no question that we had to go all the way and reform their government in our image. We couldn't "waffle" or anything like that after what we did, no question.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)