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Originally Posted by Kitana85
So, we've been there for ages, we discovered that there never were any Weopans of mass distuction to begin with, and it seems all we've accomplished is making everyone, including the Iraqi people mad at us (Americans), and we gave the Taliban more power...
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First of all, we haven't been in Iraq for ages. Rebuilding an entire country in the most volatile region of the world isn't a small task. What do France and Japan have in common? They were both rebuilt by the United States, and are both successful Democratic countries. The time we have been in Iraq is nothing in the grand scheme of things.
We have not discovered that there were no weapons of mass destruction to begin with. Saddam did produce thousands of chemical and biological agents. The burden of proof was not on the United States to prove Saddam had those weapons. The burden of proof was on Saddam to prove that he destroyed those weapons. Saddam was also in violation of countless other U.N. mandates that don't even involve weapons of mass destruction. Just remember there are hundreds of bunkers under Iraq that are basically impenetrable to any conventional weapon.
Now, a common misperception is that the majority of Iraqis are displeased. That is very untrue, the majority of Iraqis would much rather have a democracy than a totalitarian government. You simply see more of the angry Iraqis because the media feeds on bad things and likes to scare you. And the Taliban are in Afghanistan, not Iraq.
I would write more, but time is limited.