Yes and no on the democracy thing. I don't know if you read the neocons whitepaper written I think during the Bush sr. tour, but the paper called for establishing a democracy somewhere in the middle east region, which would then cause other countries in the region to follow along in a domino effect.

It discussed various countries as the initial zone and concluded Iraq would be the best place to start. Hence the focus on Iraq after 9-11.

>But, Perry, Wolfowitz' motive has (had?) little or nothing to do with shoving democracy down anyone's throat. At best that is just a front for the neocons' (who now hold all major power positions) objective of ensuring the supremacy of the U.S. on the planet and assuring that "U.S. interests are protected".
>This means things like continuous flow of oil, ultimately having all the water, uranium, food, etc that it needs, etc.
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>>>Focuses on the administrations obsession with establishing ties between Iraq and 9-11
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>>>Hey, Perry...
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>>>To my knowledge, no one has ever established that Iraq/Hussein was directly involved with the events of 9/11.
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>>>But there is little question that Hussein bankrolled bin Laden in the late 1990's, to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.
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>>>The initial conflicts between the two paled in comparison to their mutual hatred of the U.S. Even if no one can prove that Hussein was actively involved with 9/11, he provided tremendous aid to bin Landen for years. (And keep in mind that Hussein was also offering 20-30K a pop, for suicide bombing activities.)
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>>>Kevin