“Best-Case Scenario”

I hate it when news stories about our Administration sound like fairy tales:

But hawkish administration officials argue that ousting Saddam and his regime could remake the Middle East and help safeguard the world from the specter of international terrorists armed with nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.

In their best-case scenario, regime change in Baghdad would trigger the spread of democracy and freedom throughout the Middle East. Awed by America’s power, Muslim support for terrorism would evaporate, Palestinians and Israelis would make peace and global anti-American sentiment would evolve into gratitude and goodwill.