Quote:Unfortunately, I'm betting that even under a democratic regime, Jews, homosexuals, and members of the wrong ethnic groups are probably still going to have a tough go of it in a society that retains such fundamentalist roots.
a) Huge parts of Iraq do not have deep fundamentalist roots, if any at all.
b) There is a difference between "having a tough go" and what the Baath regime did to these people, don't you think ?
Edit: I did not read the first sentence of your post. I interpretated it wrong because of that. Sorry. Forget b)
I should not make so quick posts :)