Amen brother
Goetz Von Berlichingen
A freeper whose writing skills and thoughtfulness I admired as much as yours or Ohioan or nathanbedford quit the forum over his disdain for the runaway enthusiasm for the Iraq War here
He was mocked but given hindsight today democratic nation building only works where it’s wanted with a shared tradition of civility or that nation is on its knees utterly humbled
Prepared to be led out by its master to a better path
Years ago I had the belief that the ‘world’ should have let Iraq and Iran slug it out. Of course the Saudis royalty had a feeling such would spill over to their oil empire and control of holy sites. They sucked the Bush family/interests into the quagmire by using the oil game. I have no respect for the Bush family as to this matter.
Thanks.
You might find this following essay by Hinderaker useful when you run across those who now want to insist that there was no intention of trying to engage in democratic nation building in Iraq:
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2014/08/the-fate-of-democracy-in-iraq.php