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Originally Posted by foreverwar
But then shouldn't it also imply we were being " condescending and imperialistic" by invading it if the first place? 
And isn't Michael Lewis, the letter's author, being " condescending and imperialistic" by stating that he understands the how the Iraqi and Middle Eastern cultures think, by stating himself "it is unreasonable to expect that the Shia would not dance for joy at the death of Saddam."
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Its a culture difference, no matter what party replaces Saddam the culture in these middle east countries will never be the same as western europe.
We may never agree the rights and wrongs of their actions, but we can be sure their culture will never change just to please the west. It seesm easy to judge using our own standards, but their culture, standards, morale standards, human rights treatment and fanatical religious following will never change.
To expect them to change is as unlikely as it would be to expectr us to change to their standards.