>Yes, and therefore could be trusted to make their own political
>decisions. I can't help but feel every so often that the White Man's
>Burden is figuring heavily in this debate.
>
>"We" just can't leave those poor Iraqis to fight out their own destiny.
>They aren't civilized. They aren't "ready." (Western interference has of
>course been the main reason for that "unreadiness.")
Since you're a retired English prof, and presumably practiced in reading texts, perhaps you could provide some textual evidence for this typically ludicrous claim?
Doug