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The next rationale for the war in Iraq was that we could make democracy flourish in the Middle East, put a dent in militant Islam, improve America's standing in the Arab world, and make Israel safer--all by "liberating" Iraq. But we haven't created a democracy, militant Islam is at a fever pitch, our [[occupation of Iraq]] has created unparalleled ill will in the Arab world, and it would be delusional to think that [[Israel]] is safer today than before the war.
The next rationale for the war in Iraq was that Saddam was a brutal dictator who had tortured his own people in prisons like [[Abu Ghraib]]. But then the whole world saw that we 'tortured' his people in prisons like Abu Ghraib and [[Guantanamo Bay]].
What does that leave?