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> They probably will, but I suspect that they will mainly retreat into
> racism: "Iraqis were incapable of -- or were not ready for --
> democracy." And that racism will probably be shared by a sizable
> number of Americans beyond the hard Right. They won't admit that if
> America were a democracy, it would never have invaded Iraq....
Wasn't the invasion pretty popular -- quite a margin more than 50%?
-- Andy