[Vision2020] A "Must See" Article About the Iraqi War

[Art Deco]

Tom quoted Senator Hagel:

"...on a country with no history and no culture..."

This part of the statement is not only untrue, but racist and inflammatory!

The part of the world now occupied by Iraq has perhaps one of the longest, best researched history of anywhere in the world with the possible exception of Egypt.  Many diverse cultures have occupied this area and significantly contributed to the advancement of mathematics, science, and art especially in the earlier days of civilization.  [Perhaps a history major will expand on these remarks.]

Statements like the above from high-ranking American public officials like Hagel do not contribute to a solution of the enormous human toll-taking problems that face that region (and thus the rest of world) but instead make any solution harder to achieve.

While it may be difficult or even impossible to create a western style, secular democracy in Iraq, it is possible to argue for such a point without resulting to insulting and lying about millions and millions of people and thus showing our national ignorance and insensitivity.


Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
deco at moscow.com



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: "'Taro Tanaka'" <taro_tanaka at hotmail.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 7:17 PM
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] A "Must See" Article About the Iraqi War


> Fantastic!!
> 
> How did you manage to come across this?  I read over portions of it,
> bookmarked it, and converted it to PDF.
> 
> I particularly enjoyed reading:
> 
> "As Senator Hagel puts it, You cannot in my opinion just impose a democratic
> form of government on a country with no history and no culture and no
> tradition of democracy."
> 
> It only makes sense and clearly explains why creation of an Iraqi
> "parliament" wil never work.
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> "Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil
> and steady dedication of a lifetime." 
> 
> --Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of Taro Tanaka
> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 7:02 PM
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] A "Must See" Article About the Iraqi War
> 
> I'm not a fan of Bush's war, but I think this article in Commentary provides
> 
> a valuable perspective:
> 
> The Real Iraq, by Amir Taheri
> http://www.commentarymagazine.com/Production/files/Taheri_0606.htm
> 
> -- Princess Sushitushi
> 
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