Invading country's for countless UN Sec. Concil Violations is justified. Was it ever determined how many Iraqi youth perished due to the 13 yr embargo all the while SH dining on scampi
Granted it was only costing the american/european tax-payers $2 billion u.s./yr.; a small price compared to the current $2 billion u.s./month. At 1st I thought it was the best course until it was determined that the price tag would be in the 100's 0f billions. If democracy is achieved, parlimentary or otherwise could it be said to be a "net gain" for the region in light of further military expenditures in the future due to inaction
Ideally, it might have been a better idea to partition Iraq into three seperate entities from its inception. Nigeria suffers from this arbitrary national boundary drawn out w/o consideration of tibal/religious differences. Iraq may very well devolve as the former Yugoslavia did.
It would make sense to divide iraq into 3 regions based on their common religions and cultures.Unfortunately,the part with the oil is also the part with the shiite muslims.The us would never allow it,regardless of what the locals want.
What the us wants is exactly what they had before saddam got too big for his boots.A puppet government favourable to the us.I saw rummy asked about the possibility of a shiite government,not impossible considering they form a majority.He laughed and said the us wouldn't allow that to happen.So the iraquis can have "democracy",but only the kind that the us allows them to have.
mercantilsm is a dynamic process forever needing new markets to, how shall i say, exploit. Trade is not all bad. England, Spain,Portugal, & the Dutch benfitted immensely.