What we’ve learned is that guys like Saddam, as bad as they may be, are par for the course in the Arab world. You replace them and what you’ll likely get is much much worse.
Indeed.
The Damascus “Town Meeting Scene” in Lawrence of Arabia comes to mind.
A True Constitutional Republic can only work with strong intellectual underpinnings that have their roots in the Judeo-Christian Ethic.
Even those of our founding Fathers who were not very “religious” recognized that fact.
When we try to export our freedoms without taking this into consideration, it is a recipe for disaster.
Amen!
The one thing ( well, one of the things) I thought Bush really missed on was trying to create Iraq in our image.
Those people need a strong dictator.