!!!!!!!Colin Powell Endorses OBAMA !!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Aquila

What I'm trying to tell you is that Iraq will be a failed Islamic fundamentalist state in 15 years or less. We can't go around invading countries to spread OUR political values. Don't you fascist statists understand this??? The Saddam's government was failing. It would have fallen. We'd probably see some form of dictator rise to replace him... perhaps secular... perhaps Islamic... BUT we can work with a dictator in that region. The teaming masses of violence, riots, and Islamic radicalism will prove impossible to work with.

We'll revisit this at the end of the text Presidential term. We'll see if Iraq is a shining city on a hill, a wonderful example of Western Democracy importated to the Middle East... or a failed Islamic state. Time WILL prove me right. And the sad thing is... you know it but you won't admit it.

Turkey is a shining example that a countryncan be primarily Islamic and remain secular and be a functioning democracy. Time may prove you right about Iraq not being able to be a functioning democracy but we certainly gave Iraq a better shot at it than had we let the Saddam regime to continue down it's path of being a bloody and ruthless dictatorship. And then it would've turned into a civil war with retribution and more blood letting with many more innocent victims. I contend Iraq is far better off with America rescuing them from Saddam and giving them a shot at real freedom than a bloody coup. The mistake Obama made was not being able to negotiate leaving behind a stabilizing force of 10,000-15,000 troops like we did in South Korea and do to this day.