Not what I'm saying.
As to Iraq, let's look at a few of the possible outcomes, simplified, of course.
1. They do achieve a resonable form of democracy over the next decade. (Yeah, decade. As someone pointed out, look at Korea. Takes time to do this stuff; but look at Korea now. Not too bad.)
A good thing, much better than before.
2. They fail to achieve a democracy and institute a theocracy on the order of Iran.
Well, no problemo, really unless they screw it up badly. If they just go along doing their thing, no one will really care. If they act up and get in the terrorism biz...... like Arnold, we'll probably be back.
3. They fall into another strongman dictatorship. We'll probably not allow that very long. Just a feeling, a guess. We'd probably be back, IMO.
So, we'll see, won't we? My feeling is they'll end up with a democratic government. There may well be some bloody Iraqi v Iraqi fighting before that happens though. I think some of what's going on now is in that vein. Various religious power struggles and even the possibility of some Kurd/Sunni/Shiite action as they struggle to hold the reins. Who really knows?
I believe this. The "Average Abdul" in the street knows there's a huge upside potential to having SH gone and some sort of elected government in his place. The question is will they be courageous enough to make a grab at a better future.
See, they're going to have to stand up for what's right. Sooner or later. Or else they get what they had most likely.
