>>How often are the wishes of the people of a nation considered as opposed to the leaders? Who cares what the people want or think - they do not run the country. After all it is simpler for one person to have a Swiss Bank Account than have to worry about paying back loans, or how to spend Aid from the United States. Rarely is the voice of a nation the voice of the people.
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>Yet another reason to free Iraq.

So you take it as a given that the voice of your government IS the voice of the people? Hmmmm.