"Bush and neo-conservatives foolishly refer to a 'free Iraq' as a model for the region. They may be right if other Arab populations are eager to incorporate into their lives daily car-bombs, shootings by soldiers at checkpoints, torture of prisoners by liberating armies, the rise of fundamentalist groups and violent militia, clerical control of political affairs and many empty promises of democracy. Colonization does not work in the 21st century and Iraqis who suffered under Saddam will settle for nothing less than full independence."
- Asad Abu Khalil, professor of political science at California State University (via Salon)
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