as it relates to the idea that democracy itself will "defang" countries where extremism is alive, the experience in palestine (the rise of an elected hamas dominated government) and what is occuring in iraq dispells that notion.
the proposition that the removal of hussein was critical to america's security is merely the justification the current administration sought to launch the war. it has never been nor will it ever be validated. that wil not however stop some from endorsing the idea, after all one cannot prove the negative.
as was stated before, the war was won in the few weeks after it was launched.
it is the peace that has proven to be much more difficult to acheive. but make no mistake, there will eventually be a semblance of peace in iraq, it just may take much more time and many more lives than those who conceived this war ever thought it would.
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