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Originally Posted by theknife
it can't be done again because iraq is not germany or japan.
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Oh yeah, and Germany wasn't Japan and Japan wasn't Germany so it couldn't be done at all. That makes perfect sense in a warped, liberal kind of way.
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Originally Posted by theknife
meanwhile, post-war germany and japan are completely irrelevant comparisons. both had been industrialized, relatively well-educated societies with experience in democracy prior to WW2 - iraq is a tribal, relatively undeveloped society whose primary religion is incompatible with democracy.
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Originally Posted by albed
Hmmm...CIA Factbook Iraq:
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 13.6%
industry: 58.6%
services: 27.8% (2004 est.)
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...s/iz.html#Econ
I recall reading the Iraqis were generally well educated as well.
Pretty impressive cities too for being relatively undeveloped.
Christ knife do you actually know anything at all about Iraq? |
http://www.p2p-zone.com/underground/...ad.php?t=21838
Your resistance to learning anything at all about Iraq is notable; but how else could you cling to your ignorant, bigoted views?