A Democratic World Is No Neocon Folly

[conus]

I agree that we owe them a shot, to say the least. But I don't believe the U.S. Government will put forth a sufficient effort to bring about what would be best for the Iraqis. They'll help as long as it doesn't get in the way of their own interests. Despite popular belief, the U.S. government isn't in the business of helping people. Look up the stats. You'll see that in the years following the Marshall Plan, compared with other affluent industrialized nations, they've given very little in the way of non-military foreign aid. Even the Peace Corps was riddled with CIA operatives. Thier own interests are what drives them.