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12-13-2003, 02:35 PM (This post was last modified: 12-13-2003, 02:38 PM by Moldran.)
IMO, the real question is not "is it possible to bring democracy by force". It is also not "is it possible to bring democracy to Iraq by force".

The real question is: Is the US/the coalition willing to put enough efforts into it ?
Are they willing to pay the price ?
And how high will that price be ?

Establishing Democracy in Germany and stabilizing Eurcope came at a high price (1% of US gross national product into Marshall Plan for years - just one example). The US had a strong motivation to put alot of effort into it because of the beginning conflict with the USSR.

Establishing Democracy in Iraq requires alot of money, military presence for an extended period of time, continuous intervention on many social and political levels. And the world is not going to like the US for that intervention.

I fear that the US are not willing to pay the price at the moment. Their interest in a real democracy in Iraq is not strong enough. As it looks now, they will probably do a half-baked thing. Which is still better than Baath fasciscm probably.
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What You Don't Read in the Papers - by TheDragoon - 12-12-2003, 05:17 PM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by --Pete - 12-12-2003, 05:31 PM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by jahcs - 12-12-2003, 05:35 PM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Moldran - 12-12-2003, 11:23 PM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Guest - 12-12-2003, 11:51 PM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by jahcs - 12-13-2003, 01:09 AM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Vandiablo - 12-13-2003, 04:38 AM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Vandiablo - 12-13-2003, 04:44 AM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Mavfin - 12-13-2003, 05:00 AM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Moldran - 12-13-2003, 05:30 AM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Jester - 12-13-2003, 07:29 AM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Jester - 12-13-2003, 07:36 AM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Vandiablo - 12-13-2003, 07:54 AM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Moldran - 12-13-2003, 02:35 PM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Zenda - 12-13-2003, 03:10 PM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Haider - 12-13-2003, 03:37 PM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by TheDragoon - 12-13-2003, 05:38 PM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Jester - 12-13-2003, 06:33 PM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Moldran - 12-13-2003, 09:16 PM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Jester - 12-13-2003, 10:00 PM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Jester - 12-13-2003, 10:22 PM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Guest - 12-14-2003, 02:52 AM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Jester - 12-14-2003, 09:03 PM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Moldran - 12-14-2003, 09:54 PM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Chaerophon - 12-15-2003, 02:26 AM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Nystul - 12-15-2003, 04:58 AM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Chaerophon - 12-15-2003, 08:04 AM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Moldran - 12-15-2003, 01:53 PM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by ShadowHM - 12-15-2003, 04:02 PM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by kandrathe - 12-15-2003, 08:10 PM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Bob - 12-15-2003, 10:54 PM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Chaerophon - 12-16-2003, 12:21 AM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by Moldran - 12-16-2003, 12:54 AM
What You Don't Read in the Papers - by kandrathe - 12-16-2003, 02:15 AM

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