What I really think about the war

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It's easier to get new ideas into a democratic country than a dictatorship or monarchy.

Democratic countries are usually a little more open to information. Outside information and ideas is what makes the changes, not simply being able to cast a vote for your leader.

So while making Iraq a democracy may not fix everything, if the society can be opened up and new ideas injected and allowed to take hold, the long term changes should be for the better.

At least that's what I always thought.