> >Which (with musical chorus) is why the US military national guard was a
> >democratic institution down South.
>
> Iraq has never been part of the United States, unlike the US South.
> See, tortuous support for US imperialism not only corrupts political
> discourse here but also history and geography.
As far as the South was concerned, the North had as much right to send in troops as the UN has to send troops into Iraq.
But then what do the vagaries of nationalist history have to do with the justice of fighting for democracy?
-- Nathan Newman