Reply #129: Change was not inevitable

[madmom2005]

C'mon do we want to win or do we want to continue to be the anti-Bush party?

Saying that holding elections in Iraq, no matter the fact that Saddam's buds the Sunnis refused in large part to participate, had no effect on the Lebanese is incorrect, in my opinion.

Yes the catalyst was the assassination, but the limited hope coming from Iraq certainly could have been a factor which emboldened these people to take to the streets and force out the Syrian puppets.

Isnt it possible to critique the Bush doctrin in the ME in a way which helps us rather than hurts us?

I think that is possible.