tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10585025.post7059300664559617815..comments2023-10-21T03:28:00.596-04:00Comments on Mad Minerva 2.0: Quote of the Day: Nation-Building In IraqMad Minervahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01649780647476573087noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10585025.post-15431585165462443102014-07-20T18:53:23.003-04:002014-07-20T18:53:23.003-04:00From http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2004/10/pe...From http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2004/10/perspective-on-operation-iraqi-freedom.html<br /><br />President Bush, June 2, 2004:<br />"Democratic institutions in the Middle East will not grow overnight; in America, they grew over generations. Yet the nations of the Middle East will find, as we have found, the only path to true progress is the path of freedom and justice and democracy."<br /><br />President Bush, September 20, 2001:<br />"Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign, unlike any other we have ever seen. ... But the only way to defeat terrorism as a threat to our way of life is to stop it, eliminate it, and destroy it where it grows. ... This is not, however, just America's fight. And what is at stake is not just America's freedom. This is the world's fight. This is civilization's fight. This is the fight of all who believe in progress and pluralism, tolerance and freedom. ... As long as the United States of America is determined and strong, this will not be an age of terror; this will be an age of liberty, here and across the world."<br /><br />Obviously, post-Saddam Iraq was succeeding at the point that the critically vital nation-building protection provided by US forces was removed.<br /><br />Obviously, the mortal danger being inflicted on Iraq now is a consequence of the removal of critically vital US protection. <br /><br />Yet pundits have skipped over the obvious point of departure and proximate cause for current events in order to blame Bush and the regime change.<br /><br />The sociopathic rank revisionism in the face of easily accessed, open-source record and willful amnesia of commonly known <i>modern</i> history by opponents to Operation Iraqi Freedom who obviously know better has been incredible to witness.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04353598011965570312noreply@blogger.com