You are absolutely correct. If you've followed the history of events that led up to the war in Iraq, you've read/heard about the Wolfowitz document written many years ago.

Establishing a democratic middle east by creating a stronghold in Iraq was the basic premise of the document.

>Perry;
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>Remember the Domino Theory? If one country falls to communism then all the nations that surround it will also be communist. That is why we went into Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Central America and the Caribbean region.
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>It seems we have a Domino Theory at work in the Middle East. If one nation falls to democracy then all the nations that surround it will also be democratic. Time will tell.
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>Why have we had and continue to have so many acts of violence in Iraq? Violence in the United States, Spain and England leaves concern for when our turn will come again. Has Pandora’s Box been opened? It might have opened anyway sooner or later.
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>We have a bull by the tail and dare not let go.
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>Tom