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After opposition to the regime change of Saddam Hussein in 2003, it became increasingly difficult to define what American liberals core beliefs are.  Large scale demonstrations coupled with the rhetoric current at the time was decisively pro-Saddam and in sympathy with insuring survival of the fascist Ba'athist regime in Iraq.  It also signified a rejection of liberalism's long held fundemental advocacy of democracy and human rights worldwide.

After opposition to the regime change of Saddam Hussein in 2003, it became increasingly difficult to define what American liberals core beliefs are.  Large scale demonstrations coupled with the rhetoric current at the time was decisively pro-Saddam and in sympathy with insuring survival of the fascist Ba'athist regime in Iraq.  It also signified a rejection of liberalism's long held fundemental advocacy of democracy and human rights worldwide.

One definition of liberal is anything that is not conservative.  For example, the American Heritage Dictionary includes this definition of "liberal":<ref>Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liberal</ref>  Another definition is a liberal is the opposite of a [[prodigal]]; where a liberal consumes resources on others, a prodigal consumes his own resources on himself.

One definition of liberal is anything that is not conservative.  For example, the American Heritage Dictionary includes this definition of "liberal":<ref>Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liberal</ref>   

Another definition is a liberal is the opposite of a [[prodigal]]; where a liberal consumes resources on others, a prodigal consumes his own resources on himself.

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