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  This is a very difficult one in that we have to be careful we are not applying western principles to peoples that
  a) arent western
  and
  b) dont want to be western.
  
  Its a bit like our version of democracy is not necessarily a goer elsewhere on the planet, and sometimes people are better off before we start telling them they should have democracy. Is Iraq better off without Saddam Hussein...who knows? Apart from his provoked beligerence the country itself seemed to amble along without too much of a problem.
  
  I remember with the first Bush war when we 'liberated' people from the Taliban by inglorious saturation bombing by B52's..the news teams showed the insatiable viewer back home how one or two women now Taliban free were throwing off their Burkhas. A good news story til another crew went back later to find that all women were still wearing them by choice.
  
  Its not too difficult to understand why western non believers, who dont know any kind of religion in their daily lives, are finding it hard to identify with other peoples beliefs and customs.

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