And Rumsfeld said it would be a democracy no questions asked, not a federal republic. Heck, it's not like we have one ourselves anymore. So the Iraqis are only as free as our government decides to let them be. That's freedom, right?
Are you French? Whose way is better? Take your moral relativism somewhere else
What moral relativism? You can't specifically say our way is better worldwide unless you've walked in the shoes of these people and know their way of life. It's absolute arrogance to tell those from other nations their way of life is not as good as ours
I am a nationalist. Are you?
Nope. Have been in the past, but then I grew up and quit seeing this nation of states as unflawed, just as every other nation is
When we defeat them in war? Absolutely
Ahhh, but that's not allowing the precious freedom Bush promised. And since the Iraqi people are left without leadership, and Bush specifically stated time and time again his problem was with the leadership and not the people, we didn't defeat the people did we? Why should they be punished because of what their leadership did? Face it, you're, and Bush's, argument only allows them to be as free as what the administration wants them to be free. So not completely free as promised by Bush
Your lack of belief in the principles which make America the greatest nation in the world explains your Franco-Clintonian desire to see American power checked. When you see moral equivalence between the US and dictatorial mass-mudering Socialist regimes, it makes you unable to denounce, much less confront, even the most obviously evil tyrrany.