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Originally posted by obviousman
Hypothetical? Hardly Sadam for years has shown he has no problem violating a treaty. I think by removing you don't have to worry about the Middle East invading parts of the world outside the Middle East. You would have civil war for a few years till someone similar to him takes over and we have to oust him. The only thing we can do is to start a powerfull government. It couldn't be a democracy it would have to be powerfull. It would have to also be fair though. If the Iraqi people had a hint at actually knowing how to rule themselves then maybe peace would have a chance. The reason it would have to be powerful is that it would have to be strong enough to turn down all opposition because their would be lots of attacks. This is very hard to do though because we would have to be absolutely sure we could trust the government we set up. But definitely getting Sadam out was a good idea.
So let's just do a proper job of colonizing those Iraqis this time, shall we? Well, what model shall we follow? When the British tried to do the same thing in 1917-20? Or perhaps more recent attempts to colonize Afghanistan? Or perhaps we could install a Shah like we did in Iran. What a pathetically hopeless endeavor, especially when Saddam hadn't serously threatened any neighbor in the previous decade and was highly unlikely to in th e next one.