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Re: Have we (the US) screwed up the Middle East?
The people of Iraq have been the victims of genocide, institutionalized rape, mass killings and other atrocities of a madman for generations. A society so debilitated in regard to physical, intellectual and social capital cannot be expected to simply "rise up" in a generation.
In the case of Iraq, it was not simply a "minority" that was trampled. Saddam obliterated social capital across the board and left the people staggering in the dark. His damage will require generations to overcome.
It's embarrassingly naive to believe such debilitated people can simply overthrow such a tyrant, or that they can recover in just a few years.
so they should be ruled by us approved candidates, and the us military? Iraq has proven incapable of self-government. They can't even defend their 2nd biggest city against a few thousand insurgents.
The people of Iraq have been the victims of genocide, institutionalized rape, mass killings and other atrocities of a madman for generations. A society so debilitated in regard to physical, intellectual and social capital cannot be expected to simply "rise up" in a generation.
As to people having influence over government, often times they don't know what's good for them, or tyranny of the majority rules and some minority gets trampled on. People are never united to be able to act in strictly mutually beneficial ways
In the case of Iraq, it was not simply a "minority" that was trampled. Saddam obliterated social capital across the board and left the people staggering in the dark. His damage will require generations to overcome.
It's embarrassingly naive to believe such debilitated people can simply overthrow such a tyrant, or that they can recover in just a few years.