tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142334417883071840.post1567215991316745925..comments2012-01-19T21:29:43.580-05:00Nicole Gray-Chanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10634196487350459270noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142334417883071840.post-36335801905539236152012-01-19T21:29:43.580-05:002012-01-19T21:29:43.580-05:00Great comment. Long-term thinking.Nicole Gray-Chanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10634196487350459270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142334417883071840.post-9852445451383969982012-01-19T17:24:39.087-05:002012-01-19T17:24:39.087-05:00Bahrain is chaotic. And yes, the US has interests there, the 5th Fleet of the US Navy is based there. <br /><br />There is only one democracy in Middle-East; Israel. Hopefully, Iraq will be the second one. The whole point of the Iraq war was not WMDs (which were most certainly there but easily hidden and moved once we told them we were coming) but to change the Middle-East to a different political culture. <br /><br />Iraq lost its dictactor and now Egypt, Yemen, Lybia, and perhaps soon Syria will also be rid of theirs. Think there&#39;s a connection? <br /><br />The war in Iraq was never worth it economically, or in the lives spent, in my opinion. And it wasn&#39;t about WMDs or Oil, anyone who thinks this is just...well, I won&#39;t call them names, let&#39;s say unfortunately deprived of intelligence, it was about introducing representative democracy in order to change the region to something better than what it has been for the last 2000 years.<br /><br />Was it worth it? 50 years from now perhaps people will think it was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com