Why did we go into Iraq?

[tw]

Originally Posted by mrnoodle

I'm determined to wear you down on this point: A Free Iraq Is A Good Thing, Even If The Hated USA Does The Freeing.

Learn from the songs of history. It never made sense to me back then. But as I listened all day and night to the BBC's One Day in Iraq, then I began to appreciate what Janis Joplin sang:

Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose...

How appropriate for a Mission Accomplished war. We couldn't force democracy on Haiti or upon Somolia. Democracy is only starting to grow in Balkan regions that finally separate from Serbia - and with over a decade of military occupation of people who really want democracy. Somehow we will force democracy upon Iraq - who never asked for democracy - when our leaders have so little intelligence as to even disband the army and police.

If democracy is such a good solution, then why can't we even force down the throats of Haitians - who don't even suffer under daily violence and insurgency.