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Maybe the invasion will prove to have left a crater and not a mere footprint

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Submitted by Steve (Canada), Aug 2, 2010 at 16:38

If Iraqi democracy shold take firm root, the war may yet prove epochal. Certainly the neighbouring Iranian government fears just that, it being perhaps the first Islamic authoritarian group to feel the wrath of its citizens, as they clamour for their own democracy.

That we hear so little about this perhaps reflects not the minimal import of the Iraqi revolution, but that the MSM is still loathe to credit even the possibility that Bush may have done something historically great and good.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
A NEW NOVEL TO COMMEMORATE THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY [51 words]THELOUISIANAEXPLORERAug 30, 2010 19:32177474
Still fighting the same wars [17 words]Jewish Ideas DailyAug 10, 2010 06:59176553
1The mistake of Desert Storm [144 words]VijayAug 4, 2010 07:04176319
disagree about bad strategic thinking [116 words]mythAug 9, 2010 07:33176319
It wasn't in the cards [20 words]Peter HerzAug 13, 2010 15:56176319
THE "Ally" [53 words]VijayAug 14, 2010 04:30176319
Warning for Bush [113 words]IndianAug 30, 2010 23:28176319
Powerful People Distort Our World By Ignoring or Manipulating Facts [931 words]Zvi NovemberAug 3, 2010 08:28176272
1Desert Storm was the right thing to do, and it was needed. dictator saddam had to be dealt with. [121 words]Phil GreendAug 2, 2010 18:05176250
Maybe the invasion will prove to have left a crater and not a mere footprint [82 words]SteveAug 2, 2010 16:38176248

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