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Re: War, images, and selective vision
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...Dictatorships end all the time without foreign invasions, sometimes even with little bloodshed...

Sure. I don't know about "all the time," though. Dictators can be persistent fellows, shockingly violent and surprisingly persuasive, using whatever tool they have to use to retain power.

I suppose Iraq could have found freedom from Hussein on it's own, but I'm not aware of any signs that it was moving in that direction. As Tom points out, Saddam's kids were primed for their chance to wrap their grubby hands around the nation's throat.

I also have to disagree with your assesment of the President's motives. I think he's charted this course of action because he thinks it's in our best interests to remove a very dangerous group from power in the Middle East.

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