why Thomas L. Friedman is wrong

• Thomas L. Friedman: Iraq vote only way to shake out tribal strife

I find the assumptions made by this and other liberals to be at the basis of the continuing disagreement over Iraq. He says:"Let me explain: None of these Arab countries - Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia - is based on voluntary social contracts between the citizens inside their borders." Nor was that of the Americas prior to the United States. Nor is it now with respect to the Democrate party. Nor was it invisioned that the multiple factions in the united states would ever agree on how things should be done.

This is clearly a racist statement. This is Arabs are incapable of self government. Why don't we just say that all countries should be ruled by the Friedman brand of liberal princes.

He then says" What the Bush team has done in Iraq, by ousting Saddam, was not to "liberate" the country ". Why is it that we need to do good for Iraq when we went to war to punish them for attacking the united states. Wouldn't a situation which destroyed all of the countries mentioned fit US interests as well as a Democratic Iraq? We need to destroy the Arab extremists who daily pledge to destroy us. Fortunately, a Democratic Iraq would do that, but a chaotic Iraq could do so as well .

" America cannot win that war", shades of Viet Nam- get over it.