John Glenn quote (warning, some content may incite anger)

[dmek25]

Originally Posted by mheisig

Political affiliations aside, everyone seems to skip over the fact that no country in human history has ever invaded another country, won the hearts and minds of the people, installed a democratic form of government and then had everything turn out well.

You can't shove your governmental architecture on people who don't want it. Most invasions in history were of the "invade, kill everyone and enslave a few" kind. I don't know where we get this idea that we're going to invade someone's country and they'll end up loving us and adopting our form of government.

this is a great post. but this administration saw Iraq as the defining point of George Bush's legacy. this was a gross miscalculation. i think they had a plan, but really never looked outside the box. can anyone really say, right now, that Iraq WANTED to be liberated? and they thought it would be smooth sailing once they took down Hussein(sp?). now, i think there needs to be a time table for when the Iraqi people need to step up, and be accountable for their own country. otherwise, the United States will be there for a long time