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Originally Posted by Genteel Death
Then again, to think that waging a war purely to protect what are conflicting ideas of liberal thinking is as far removed from its real purpose as suchfriends' nice, but ultimately upractical feelings. The war in Iraq has also affected humanly and economically the lives of people whose social extraction is similar to many a western family of comfortable wealth and political leanings, who then found themselves abandoned, hunted down by local militias, and confused by the messages the invading western countries used to explain their bellicose entrance, so to reduce this particular war to a mere democratic crusade seems way to simplistic.
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I dont like having to disagree with the sweet natured types like yourself and Suchfriends, its so much easier when Nik or TnB have a go at me. If you want to talk about the effects of the "intervention" - as a PR type would call it, you then cant ignore the iraqis who rejoiced at the removal of saddam. Its easy to sneer at them if you hate bush and blair behind the safe screen of not having to explain yourself, but they are real people.