Operation Iraqi Freedom?

Now that Iraq has been, or soon will be, liberated, I have a few questions about what their freedom will look like. I’ve been living in a free country all of my life, or so I have been told.

Will they have the freedom to directly elect their president, or will they use a system similar to that found in the U.S.?

Will they have the freedom to re-start their military?

Will they have the freedom of speech?

Will they have the freedom to expel foreigners from their land?

Will they have the freedom to use the Internet without government monitoring?

Will they have the freedom to choose their reproductive rights?

Will they have the freedom to criticize their own government?

Will they have the freedom to keep the money they earn and spend without oppressive taxes?

Will they have the freedom to socialize their health care systems?

Will they have the freedom to keep and bear arms?

Will they have freedom of and from religion?

Will they have the freedom to ingest drugs of their choice?

Will they have the freedom of their airwaves (radio and TV)?

Will they have the freedom to emigrate to the country that liberated them?

Will they have the freedom to give women equal rights under the law?

Will they have the freedom to choose the currency that is used to pay for the oil that they sell?

Will they have the freedom to have televised debates which include ALL of the candidates running for a particular office?

Will they have the freedom from unwarranted searches and seizures?

Will they have the freedom to abolish the death penalty?

Will they have the freedom to have all kinds of consensual sexual relations?

Will they have the freedom to reject American influences?

Don Hodges
4/17/2003