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Originally posted by Spanky
My question for the Liberals on the board?
1) Considering the hatred of Israel among the population of Iraq, how is democracy in Iraq going to help Israel?
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If we ever were to see a democracy in Iraq, I'm not sure it would help Israel much, since I suspect that the Iraqi people have as little love in their hearts for Israel as their leaders have had. The question is entirely speculative, though, since a functional democracy in Iraq is a pipe dream.
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2) What evidence is there that the invasion of Iraq was to help Israel at the expense of US interests.
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None of which I am aware.
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3)Considering the fact that if Isreal will be only seven miles wide right in its middle if the West Bank is given up, why should Isreal give control to the West Bank to a people intent on destroying it. Wouldn't giving up the West Bank be an act of suicide?
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There is very little danger just now that the Palestinian authority, or any other Arab government, could come anywhere close to matching the IDF from a military perspective. That said, Israel will find a sustainable peace only when it can deal with a government in the West Bank which has legitimacy and which it can trust.
