Saddam Hussein to receive death penalty

Originally Posted by Chibi Neko

Iraq is not the most librial country that I know of...

Really? What is?

Death by hanging. Wonder if it'll be public.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Chibi Neko

I am not one to say which country is the most librial, but I can tell you that Iraq is not.

Sorry dude, I was being totally sarcastic.

Originally Posted by Capo

And never will - ever.

We started the war in Iraq in 2003 and it's now the end of 06. So it's been 3 years since the inital conflict and occupation. Here's something to consider...

Look at Japan during WWII. They start the fight on Dec 7, 1941, and after years of war and rebuilding, we don't finally exit a new soverign democratized Japan until April 28, 1952. It only took us 3 years to get them to surrender, but the rebuilding process cost nearly a million US dollars a day (which was a shitload in the 40s) and lasted for an additional 8 years. We had 350,000 troops occupying Japan for that time. Even after the turnover we continued to occupy Okinawa until 72'.

The rebuilding of a state including a complete political culture overhaul takes time, but as with the example of Japan, it can be worth the investment. Now Japan is a powerful ally and is one of the most prosperous states on the globe. Granted Iraq is a completely different situation, but we've only been there for 3 years while we were patient enough to rebuild Japan for 10.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Phoque le PQ

also, don't forget that japan had SOME democratic experience. Of course, I don't know much about it, so I can,t tell how really democratic it was...

I love posters like this in here. Basically you stated something, but then said, "Of course, I don't know much about it..." So why did you even state that japan had some democratic experience to begin with? If you know that you don't know what you're talking about, then why add anything?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.