Jinn of Current Events

Let us assume for a moment that the US government plans are for several Arab countries to soon be transformed into multiple versions of US states. What exactly is it that anti-war people would object to? constitutional government? individual rights? freedom of expression? freedom of religion? economic progress? absence of torture? universities? science? could they explain how sharing the blessings of liberty with the Arab people would be bad?

The USA have brought freedom and prosperity to former dictatorships (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and helped save many countries occupied or threatened by dictatorships (South Korea, France, Belgium, Poland, Hungary, etc.). What kind of delusional hatred makes it possible for various self-professed "anti-war" people to now oppose the USA doing the same in the Middle East? which parts of freedom and prosperity do they hate the most? 

CNN: Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz said in an interview with CNN on Saturday that it would be "unacceptable" for U.N. weapons inspectors to destroy Iraqi missiles found to violate U.N. limits... Two words: Material. Breach. Two more words: Serious. Consequences. 

Tony Blair: If there are one million [demonstrators] that is still less than the number of people who died in the wars [Saddam] started. 

Bianca Jagger, addressing the anti-war demonstration in London: No matter how terrible a nation is, the UN charter forbids just overthrowing the regime. The war against Iraq is unjustified. In other words, if some dictatorship restricts a programme of genocide (think Jews) to the homeland (think Nazi Germany) and doesn't invade other countries (does Bianca think that was Hitler's mistake?) nothing needs to be done. [via Samizdata.net]