Bernard farquart
If the governments are not representative of the people, then the people should be consulted.
Most of whom had not been in Iraq for the last 3 decades. If the atbreastude that "we need a foreign power to liberate us" was near universal, there would be no "insurgency" now.
Recall that the original topic (of this subthread) was the military base our government maintained in Saudi Arabia and the opposition to it, not the invasion of Iraq.
No.
General atbreastude of Sunni Muslims with regards to land that contains the two holiest cities of Islam. I'll cite myself as a reputable source since I am a Sunni Muslim.
But it does say that his view was not unique (not what he did about it).
No, but if the majority is against end, then that should be our national policy (and vice versa).
I was talking about establishing a base in the Muslim "holy land." I wasn't referring to decisions to use military force.
Most people don't make an effort to get speed limits changed though they exceed them every day. Our government is a representative government and it's hard enough to get things changed. Do you seriously expect a non representative government to seriously consider the population's concerns?
That doesn't mean we have to get involved.
They are two mutually exclusive concepts. That means that both can be true at the same time.
