Who, other than the Bush administration, really cares whether democracy fails in Iraq? Isn't ANY gov't

Question

that can keep the peace better than what they have now?

Again, I'm wondering what people will say, I'm not trying to make a point or express a view.

Answer 1

The US has decided that it wants a certain outcome in Iraq, and they don't seem to care what the majority of the Iraqi people actually want.

It's amusing that the US only believes in democracy when the majority result happens to be something the US approves of.

Answer 2

I think democracy is the best answer for OUR needs. Sure other forms of government could keep the peace, but the question is at what cost? Do we really want another Iran or Syria in the area, where basic liberties are expendable? Do we want communism to take over? How bout fascism, Hitler kept the peace within his country.

No, I believe that we owe to the Iraqis to leave them with a government of THEIR choice. And they owe it to us to step up and fight for that right to choose.

What they have now may be flawed but what democracy hasn't had a rocky start? America sure did. Democracy only flourished in England after years of civil wars, ousted leaders and a slow degradation of the Royal powers. I do not argue that Iraq is on the brink of a full out civil war, but what country hasn't been? And what country hasn't stepped over that line?

The Iraqi's also care about having a democracy. They show that everytime they vote. The percentage of Iraqis who turn out to vote in their elections dwarves that of any other civilized nation. And they do it while facing suicide bombers and death squads and terrorists. We can barely get people on our own country to go to the polls. This easily shows that they do in fact have a democracy and that they want to keep it.

I care about the government we leave behind. A lot too. I helped to secure that country; I helped to put that democracy in place. I'm proud of what we've accomplished.

Answer 3

I would honestly love to see democracy in Iraq. I think most people would, regardless of their political affiliations or lack thereof. At some point, however, it seems to me that people making a bonafide attempt to look at the situation there objectively have to ask themselves whether or not there's any concrete reason to believe that's going to happen any time soon. Last I checked, Iraq was in the midst of an increasingly bloody civil war, in part because it's bitterly divided along ethnic lines. Is a military occupation with no end in sight going to change that? I'm not interested in how many thumbs up or thumbs down I get by the way, so much as hearing any counterarguments suggesting that democracy in Iraq WILL be a reality.

Answer 4

I'll repeat something said months ago which I still agree with. No. The US is NOT interested in providing a so-called 'democracy" in Iraq nor is she interested in providing any of the other 'perks' she promised before the war..
The fact is no white man - much less a white man-led government, has ever ever wanted to provide a "democracy" "freedom" and "liberation" for people of color. And yes, the Iraqis are "people of color".
The Bush administration wanted to capture a country they knew nothing about, Condi Rice and her "soviet" education notwithstanding. It's small, Saddam was a tyrant and Bush never anticipated the situation we are now faced with.
Few if ANY other countries were interested in "liberating" Iraq. Not even Israel. Bush used this "democracy" BS to get his foot in the door. So now the foot is INSIDE. and can't Turn around.

Answer 5

Well, first, I dispute the idea Bush Co wants democracy there.

If there had, they wouldn't have set up the provisional puppets to be full of people the people of Iraq had no respect for.

There are a LOT of people all over the world who believe in democracy -- for all.

A lot of Iraqi's want democracy there, as well.

Trouble is, you can't really have democracy without stability. A lot of Iraqi's, for instance, couldn't vote in their elections because of the instability (it wasn't safe, ballots didn't get out -- heck, they voted on a Constitution most didn't have a chance to read before voting, as it was changed up to the last minute).

Consent of the governed, dude, consent of the governed.

It's something a lot of people are passionate about, in every country.

How to achieve it in Iraq, now that WE'VE hopelessly scr*w*d the place over is a puzzle.

Answer 6

I do. I don't want Iran to take them over and double their oil reserves. Which will cause the libs to really whine when gas is $8.00/gallon. The whining is almost more than I can take now.

I personally don't believe that the United States is the only country in the world good enough for democracy

Answer 7

I do.
If we want to keep 9/11 from happening again we'll make democracy in Iraq.

Answer 8

I care. And i am sure the Mideast cares also. And I am sure a WHOLE lot of Iraqis care.

Let's leave the big-boy decisions up to those in charge. Are cartoons over already?

Answer 9

I care! The military care, that's why so many volunteer to go back! The British and some other allies care!

It's the liberals like the Democrats and French that just talk and won't fight for their own rights that don't care. They don't support the war because they might be asked to fight. Yet they'll tell America that we need to defend their rights for them.

Answer 10

I didnt care about Iraq before the war and I dont care about them now. They werent a threat, had no connections to Al Qaeda and now republicans claim that they are supporting the troops by forcing them to die in someone else's civil war.

Its time to bring them home!