It is not the White Man's Burden to civilize a lesser breed of man. This imperialist argument is as racist and repugnant now as it was when Kipling penned the filthy thing.

Saying "none of those incompetent Arabs and Iraqis objected to Saddam, so it was our sacred duty to get rid of him and take over" is really quite same-shit-different-day of us. Also, it's inaccurate.