"mike regish" wrote in message
news:4GNyb.275746$ao4.947242@attbi_s51...
| Put pretty concisely and accurately, if you ask me.
|
| But then, you didn't, did you.
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| I think dubya knows he's in trouble in the polls. If he were not having
poll
| trouble, he would not have made the trip. If this were his second term, he
| would not have made the trip.
|
| mike regish

So far, the only arguments that I have heard against us going into Iraq was
fears that we would not behave like Americans: establishing democracy and
the rule of law, rebuilding the infrastructure, eliminating a threat to the
very foundations of civilization, and giving freedom to Iraqis. No, all the
arguments against us being there are based on fears that we will behave like
Europeans -- the Crusades, colonialism, mass exploitation, looting of the
subject country, and enslaving the population.

It appears, despite assertions to the contrary, that we are remaining more
true to our American ideals there rather than giving in to European cultural
excesses.