New poll shows that 6 in 10 Iraqi's support attacks on US military

[Beestie]

Originally Posted by Jebediah

Call me crazy but a relatively stable dictatorship (even one as terrible as Sadam's) sounds quite a bit more appealing than a "democracy" in the throes of civil war.

You mean like America 150 years ago? And "more appealing" to who? If by more appealing you mean a smaller blip on your personal radar screen then maybe you are right. If you mean more appealing to every female in Iraq and every child in Iraq who now might actually have a chance in life then I'd have to say no. Not more appealing.

Some mourn the loss of the rainforest over the remote chance that the saliva from some lizard down there might cure cancer, AIDS and diabetes but we dismiss the unrealized potential of millions of intelligent fellow human beings because we prefer to think that they are better off with a boot shoved halfway down their throat.

And the idea that Iraq was ever a stable democracy is absurd. Almost as absurd as opinions being formed on the basis of a "poll" of Iraqis.

I can hardly believe what I'm reading in this thread. A dictatorship preferable to a democracy??? I pray that if America ever turned into a dictatorship that those with the power to liberate us would have a little more respect for us than some people have for the people of Iraq. Its not just about the 6 out of 10 old farts who, out of a sense of self-preservation, accepted Saddam its also about their kids and countless future generations who need not sacrifice their humanity for the sole purpose of not disturbing our American way of life.

But, having said all that, I'll take every word of it back if anyone who trades their life for the "more appealing" benevolent rule of Saddam continues to hold the same opinion.