Establishing a democracy in the Middle East was one of of the reasons discussed in public prior to March 2003, by White House staffers and others.
Those with selective memory seem to forget that, but I don't.
“Those with selective memory seem to forget that, but I don’t.’
Hmmmm. establishing a democracy in the middle east....i don’t remember that as being on the high goals for going in, but, then again, what other form of govt would Bush promote after taking out the leadership.
Seems to me, the presidential media machine was WMD, Axis of Evil, rape rooms, and mass graves. Mullah Abdullah’s wife having the right to representative democracy wasn’t high on the totem. But I may be wrong. No doubt the purple finger photos were powerful and our soldiers can always be proud of that. But, come on, we’ve been there going on four years, let the iraqis take more control, and sooner, rather than later. And I’m not wrong on this, why the hell is Cheney over there saying “Game time.” I don’t make this up, the sense of urgency has now become apparent. So 10% of the people can still buy and support the presidential line of “we don’t know how long its going to take” but that rational is getting thin. You are starting to see it in your military with your junior officer corps, and in “re” enlistments, and starting to see the cracks with the moderate to lib repubs.
for what its worth.