^well then make suggestions, block trade if you have to, use other methods instead of going to war. war is not a valid method of input into how to run the government, but actually, I think you make a good point, I think that if we're going to give any kind of aid to a country, we should be able to make certain demands, such as improving human rights laws before aid is given. However, I completely disagree with the way that the US went about it. For one, while hussein was a horrible dictator, it's difficult to say that RIGHT NOW, the people of iraq are better off without him. Hopefully in the years to come (because I do believe it will take many years) the situation will get better, but I'm not all that optimistic. One possibility is that the US will put off returning rule to an iraqi government until a leader presents himself that will be sympathetic to the US and is willing to let foreign investment into the country. Maybe they will attempt to get the iraqi citizens to support him, or simply prop him up and hope there isn't a huge riot that runs him from the country and presents a fundamentalist islamicist leader (which is what a lot of iraqis want right now). But then again, no one really has any idea how it will turn out, but no matter what, I think that the war was a huge mistake, and resulted in a lot more negative effects than positive ones. The removal of a brutal dictatorship is not enough to outhweigh the millions who have died, not to mention the complete unrest in iraq's political and economical system, that will take decades to fully recover from. Having said that, the middle east is now thoroughly F***ed up.
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