(FrontPageMagazine) Steven Vincent - The Iraqi moneychanger told me, "America cares nothing about democracy - it wants only to steal our oil and make Israel more powerful....America invaded Iraq to make Israel number one!" While I usually ignored the opinions of the Iraqi "street," this time something compelled me to respond. "America invaded Iraq to make Israel 'number one?' That's stupid! Israel already is number one. In its military and economy, Israel is the strongest country in the Middle East. And do you know why? Because it is a democracy! Once Iraq becomes a democracy, who knows? Maybe you'll be number one!" At last, I thought, a riposte to Arab conspiracy theories!
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