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| Do you think America should continue to promote democracy in the Mid-East? |
| Yes, as far as is reasonable |
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| Yes, but not as far as it would require force to do so |
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| No, democracy in the Mid-East would be good, but how can it be imposed? |
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| No, democracy in the Mid-East is not even desirable! |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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 Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:56 am Post subject: Democracy imposed on Mid-East; anybody wanna defend this now |
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In the Mideast, the Third Way Is a Myth
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| The reality shown by Hamas's victory in the Palestinian elections is this: If fully free elections were held today in the rest of the Arab world, Islamist parties would win in most states. Even with intensive international efforts to support "civil society" and nongovernmental organizations, elections in five years would probably yield the same results. The notion, popular in Washington over the past few years, that American programs and efforts can help build a third alternative to both current governments and Islamists is simply a delusion. |
The next neo-con sacred cow I want to challenge is this: that democracies do not make war except with totalitarianisms. This is a pre-emption on my part against the oft-heard defense of the quest for democracy. Democratic Athens was first and foremost imperialist, and Sparta only challenged it after Athens had built an empire through the once defensive Delian League. The United States declared war on Mexico in 1846 under dubious circumstances. I do believe that Israel is a democracy, and has had its share of at least ambiguously aggressive wars. And who here would like to suggest that a Middle East democracy would shy away from conflict from Israel?
Natan Sharansky's influence on American public policy has been far too expansive, and are ultimately based on political theories that are heavily flawed. |
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BigBlackEquus
Joined: 05 Jul 2005
Location: Lotte controls Asia with bad chocolate!
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 7:10 am Post subject: |
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Think about it....
Make them democratic, and let them decide as one to be an enemy of the USA. That makes the ever-increasingly PC western crowd almost have to accept that the radical ideologies at work are wanted by more than just a few Muslim brothers. Put a terrorist label on freely-elected government, and the US can more easily attack/destroy that group. |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:25 am Post subject: |
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For a people who have never known, tasted nor understood the meaning of liberty, democracy is worthless.
For a people enjoying the fruits of pure liberty, democracy is useless. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:41 am Post subject: |
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Make them democratic |
Beautiful. |
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