Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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Seriously, you really expected everyone to celebrate and hold hands and rejoice for their liberation, and forget the years of brainwashing and religious zealotism that has overtaken the region? I figured the minute Saddam was liberated, the people would be happy but with reservations, knowing that there would be a power struggle within the country.

It's hard to erase a mindset that is decades old. I don't think it happens overnight, and will require a new way of thinking among the people, as well as the ability to taste freedom and understand what it's about.

It's a lot different from communism and the fall of the Soviet Union. There's a perfect contrast of a country driven by religious extremists and a country driven by political extremists views. One can be severed fairly easily, the other comes with several strings attached that must be dealt with meticulously.

And yes, I know Saddam wasn't a religious person, but lets face it, the factions currently in Iraq are divided primarily on religious views.