[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by paulskinsfan

Democracy is not the answer for every country, Iraq is a good example. I had no problem with getting Saddam out, he was a murdering bastard and needed to go. However, Saddam knew how to effectively rule that country, with force and fear. IMO, Iraq needs to be broken up into 3 regions. The Kurds clearly derserve to rule themselves. The Sunnis and the Shiites each need there own regions, ruled by strong military dictators who get their power from the U.S. This is going to sound horrible, but I think we need to look the other way while these military dictators get their citizens under control. We have become hypersensitive in the U.S. to what we perceive as universal civil rights, and in a perfect world we would be right. But in order to get Iraq in line, there are many in the radical Islam world who need to be imprisoned or just plain killed. Radical Islam is the greatest threat our country and world has faced since the Nazis. You cannot negotiate with them or appease them, they must be wiped out. After the radicals are disposed of, the educational system needs to be redone to eliminate the teachings of radical islam. These people grow up hearing the Jews are literally pigs and dogs, and that the U.S. is the great evil. We must stop this misinformation, outlaw the teachings of radical islam. So, in a nutshell. Develop 3 regions, Kurds, Sunnis, Shiites. Install military dictators, and back them while overlooking what are sure to be civil rights atrocities for the first couple of years. Then, eliminate the teachings of radical Islam to the kids. Its not a popular view, but I think its more realistic then trying to install a true democracy.

Suppressing the teachings of any religion kind of flies in the face of one of the building blocks our country was built on. It's kind of unAmerican, even if the religion is completely bonkers.