Freedom. Well, my idea of freedom has already been rejected by
about 98% of the population of the country. That is the idea that they
leave you alone unless you have committed a crime...sigh.

I'm not sure we have any agreed definition of what we want to do
for Iraq, since G.Bush is vague in his statements about freedom,
and the opposition believe that he's hypocritical and wanting to
steal the oil for his Texas cronies.

Liberals, in the old days, were anxious to use US power to spread
the concept of democracy. That's what got us into Vietnam.
It was Ideology, because Vietnam had no resources that
the US would spend all that effort to loot.

So, today, Bush has taken the liberal path, and the opposition are
more conservative, in that they are cynical about "helping" other
nations by teaching them our ideology.

I do believe that our political system is superior to most,
but there is only so much you can do to help.
People all over the world had a higher opinion of Americans in the
1930s, when we sent no "foreign aid", and had no
alliances, and swore that we would not get involved in anyones
wars. We were less ideological, more oriented toward business
and profit.

So the irony is that the more you flatter yourself that you are
helping others, the less they appreciate you. Relationships are built
on respect, and you demonstrate lack of respect when
you are a "do gooder" always changing other people's regimes.