Iraq (2004)
Iraq (2004) | Iraq’s Prospects for Democracy Are Good
As the international community debates [in January 2003] a military intervention to disarm Saddam Hussein, a larger moral issue is missing from the discussion: The Iraqi people’s yearning for freedom. For decades, a nation of 24 million people has been oppressed in a way that is unprecedented since Hitler and Stalin. As the world considers regime change in Iraq, it should recognize that it faces a remarkable opportunity to change the fate of the Iraqi people for the better. This also could have dramatic repercussions beyond Iraq.
Removing Saddam Hussein would liberate the Iraqi...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 Preface
- An American Attack on Iraq Is Justified
- An American Attack on Iraq Is Not Justified
- Liberating Iraq’s People from a Cruel Regime Justifies War
- Liberating Iraq’s People Does Not Justify War
- A Failure to Find Iraq’s Weapons Calls into Question the Justification for War
- War Was Justified Even If No Weapons of Mass Destruction Are Found
- The War on Iraq Heralded a Positive New Direction for American Foreign Policy
- The War on Iraq Heralded a Dangerous New Direction for American Foreign Policy
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Chapter 2
- Chapter 2 Preface
- The United States Is Failing to Establish Order in Iraq
- The United States Is Successfully Establishing Order in Iraq
- The United States Should Embrace an Imperialistic Role in Iraq
- The United States Should Reject an Imperialist Role in Iraq
- America Must Involve the United Nations in Rebuilding Iraq
- America Should Limit the United Nations’ Role in Rebuilding Iraq
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Chapter 3
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Iraq Should Have a Secular Democracy
- The Iraqi People Do Not Want a Secular Democracy
- Iraq Needs Transitional Rule by a Strongman
- Iraq Needs a Transitional Government with Dispersed Powers
- The United States Should Permit Iraqis to Elect an Islamic Regime
- The United States Should Not Permit Iraqis to Elect an Islamic Regime
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Chapter 4
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Iraq’s Prospects for Democracy Are Good
- Iraq’s Prospects for Democracy Are Poor
- Iraq Needs a Federalist System of Government
- Iraq May Need to Divide into Separate Countries
- Iraq’s Oil Resources Can Lay the Foundations for Future Development
- Iraq’s Oil Resources May Hinder Future Development
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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