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Article: COLUMN: Bush administration's original intentions for Iraq were noble
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- March 26, 2008
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Matthew Young
University Wire
03-26-2008
(Independent Florida Alligator) (UWIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- It is fair to say that nothing in Iraq has gone as the United States planned or intended, but the war was hardly built on lies or oil. Mistakes were made, and the Bush administration is to blame, but its plan was bold and its intentions were noble.
The Bush administration targeted Iraq because it was the best candidate for immediate democratization. The population was small, the military was weak, the oil-based economy was set to prosper with the end of sanctions and the international community was unable to aid Saddam Hussein's criminal regime.
Most importantly, the administration was able ...