Mr. Speaker, for the sake of the reality check, as the member was mentioning, I have a question I would like him to answer.
I read somewhere not too long ago that once Iraq is invaded, it will help democratize the region. I have some fear about this for the following reason.
Let us look at the southern doorstep of the United States for over the last 50 years. The Dominican Republic had a dictator. There was a dictator in Haiti, Papa Doc. There was a dictatorship in Guatemala. There was a dictatorship in El Salvador. There was a dictatorship in Nicaragua. All those places had dictatorships that surrounded the southern doorstep of the United States.
If it was not possible to bring democracy there, how are we going to bring democracy to such a turbulent area that surrounds Iraq?