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Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER
"With regard to your question about Bush, I do not think that his job approval has been hurt by media coverage. I think the media has been fair with him overall. I think the only thing that has really hurt him is the war. And the war would not have hurt him at all if it would have gone well. Americans are results oriented. If we would have won the war, everyone would be happy. "-Ritchie
There was no way to "win" this war.These people have never known Democracy,yet this fool thought they would be easily indoctrinated into it.There is 1 Islamic Democracy in the whole Middle East.They don't want it.They want law and order enforced by powerful leaders,and most want an Islamic Theocracy. That's where this fool blew it.He keeps repeating that everybody yearns for freedom.They don't.I'd really like to know who advised GEEDUBBYA about the Islamic World,because his understanding of it would fit in a thimble.Democracy will never work there.He can keep us there forever,but it will still not work there.Americans are upset because the guy has no clue how to get out of there.So,there is very little progress there,but hundreds of Americans will simply keep getting killed. A pathetic situation in the opinion of 2/3rds of the people in this country.Dumb cowboy got us in there,but he sure can't get us out.
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I don't know about that. I think the vast majority of people in Iraq want democracy. The problem is that if you have 10% of the population that don't want it and they are well armed and want to fight, you have a serious problem. It's not as if the vast majority of people in Iraq are fighting right now. You've got a small percentage of the population fighting. I think there are around 25 million people in Iraq. If you have even 4% of the population(which would be 1 million people) running around shooting everyone, then you have a big problem.
Ultimately you may be right that the people will not tolerate democracy but that's not necessarily because most people don't want it. It's because a violent minority will not tolerate it.
Either way, it was a major miscalculation on the part of the Bush Administartion. They should have known that a violent minority that was willing to fight a guerilla war could wreak havoc.