"Spreading Democracy" is “W”’s latest lame excuse for getting us into a war in a country where we don’t belong. It is more home grown, domestic, political marketing bullshit. First was WMD’s. There were no WMD’s. Second was al-Qaeda. al-Qaeda hated Saddam. It was mutual. Both would have rather eaten rat poison than even talk to each other. Third was ridding the world of an oppressive dictator. Well, that was true enough. Saddam was a real piece of work. On the other hand the Iraqi’s loved him, or they would have murdered the guy decades ago. The question is, who else do we choose to attack without warning. The world is full of not so nice guys running countries. It is doubtful that “nice guys” develop the political-military power necessary to seize leadership in any country. Only a murderous dictator like Saddam could survive for long in a seething cauldron of hatred like Iraq. Murderous dictators around the world have been our friends for decades. In fact, at one time Saddam was our friend. Fourth was a promise that we’d be met with parades and flowers. That lasted for all of ten minutes and then the Iraqi’s went back to doing what they’ve been doing for a century, killing each other with joyful abandon. We stepped into the middle of a civil war and didn’t even know enough about the country to duck, or to bring armor. We had no plan for after the, “You broke it, you own it phase.” Fifth was a promise that revenues for Iraqi oil would pay all the costs of the war and reconstruction. The Iraq oil industry is so degraded and out of date that they have problems lubricating bicycles. Once you’ve stepped in the dog poop, you have three options: (1) clean your boot, (2) clean it up, or (3) ignore the smell and leave the premises. If you are going to violate international law by preemptive invasion, why bother to stick around to clean up and repair the mess? Reduce your enemies to rubble and let them dig themselves out. I think that “W” decided, while still living in his little arrogant bubble of high school style “victory euphoria” that we ought to take the time to find the “proof” about Saddam, WMD’s, al-Qaeda, and things just have since gotten out of hand. Too bad all the proofs have gone the other way, and that we have had to re-learn a lot about competence and the lack of it. Even worse, some penthouse lawyer who lives where they don’t allow dogs and therefore doesn’t understand about the sticking qualities of dog poop, gave old “W” some really bad advice early on: to stick around and clean up the mess. There has been no accountability for these decisions, so we all know where the buck stops. Using a pooper-scooper and a plastic bag to clean up a patch of city lawn is one thing. When the neighbors shoot at each other and at you, with guns and RPG’s, and mine the sidewalks with IED’s, it is another. That “mistake” has cost us 2,500 lives, 25,000 injured, and over $400,000,000,000.00. That’s a Billion, with a capitol “B”. The idea that somehow we are going to “create a democracy” in a country that has no, none, zip, and nada concept of the meaning of the word “democracy” is . . . Insane. Worse. It is stupid. It ignores everything we know about history. The Arabs have sold their souls to their old favorite governmental structure: brute force corruption and a façade of theocracy. A thousand years of history and culture will not be easily cast away. If we somehow manage to “stay the course” and prop up our puppet “democratic” Iraqi government long enough to finally get out any time soon, I predict: (1) our death toll before we leave will exceed 5,000, (2) the “democratic” government we leave behind will fall within two years, (3) if it does not fall, it will be just as autocratic a dictatorship in sheep’s clothing as Egypt, (4) our dollar cost will go over ONE TRILLION. (5) Our economy will go into recession, or possibly depression, as a result of excessive borrowing due to this little “mistake.” These costs are simply too high to balance the value of the final result, even if we eventually do get reasonable access to Iraqi oil. The only other example of nation building and democratization that we have to follow is the process we had to follow in Japan after World War II. That was not a short, cheap process, and there was no insurgency to deal with. This latest verbal political Karl Rovian wrestling hold, “Spread Democracy” (to the Middle East) insults the extant governments of the region with whom we ought to be trying to develop good relations. It reminds me of the little boy who had problems with authority figures controlling his life at school. The little guy deposited his feces on the floor of the restroom, and then spread the excrement on the walls, doors, sinks, and toilet seats. It was distracting, colorful, and odorous, and caused quite a stir. It was an attempt to cover up, coat over, an underlying problem. It was still just excrement. The school custodian needed nose plugs, rubber gloves and boots, and four hours to clean up that mess. It will take a lot longer to clean up the mess in Iraq and here at home after old “W” stops playing with this particular pile of homegrown political bullshit. We caught the little guy at school because he was not careful enough to clean his hands thoroughly. He couldn’t pass the “snuff” test. Nor does George Bush and his “good buddies” administration. You will understand, “W”, if folks are a little hesitant about shaking hands?
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