If you want to bring Democracy to Iraq....

If you want to bring Democracy to Iraq… bring Democracy to Iraq!

You do this by treating people as equals, by honoring Human Rights, by not arresting people arbitrarily, by forbidding cruel and unusual punishment (and death squads), and by promoting a free and healthy press.

The Art of War teaches that you must win over your enemies, otherwise they will eventually drain your treasury by requiring perpetual war.

Stop building 14 permanent military bases, because that makes it look like we want to occupy that country for a long time. And instead of spending money on a lavish US embassy, spend it on the kids, and for God’s sake, help those kids (and adults and soldiers) affected by the radioactive dirty bombs we dropped off (depleted uranium).

An here’s a really radical idea – take the guns away from our Army, and only bring in the armed Marines when needed. Friends don’t need to carry weapons, and they’re ineffective against suicide bombers anyway.

And, oh yeh, send in the auditors and find out where the missing billion$ went, and what about that secret pipeline way out in the country?

Maybe if we treated Iraq like a Democracy it wouldn’t act like a warzone.