Our Republic has succeeded where empires have failed. We will succeed again in Iraq precisely because we are not an empire, and this is not a colonialist enterprise. The Iraqis will be free, so long as they do not decide to be our enemies.
And this constant comparison of two nations, that while aggressive and in the case of Japan a somewhat violent history, to an entire region that has been at war for over 1000 years off and on is getting ridiculous. They're not even in the same league
The Iraqis will be free, so long as they do not decide to be our enemies.
Well that's not true now is it? Rumsfeld has already decided for the Iraqis which types of government are and are not acceptable. Freedom within the good graces of the victors. Yep, that sounds free to me...