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12-13-2003, 10:00 PM
I seem to recall both Japan and Germany having self-attained democratic traditions a full 50 years before the US got there, and that those systems had simply been hijacked by militarist-fascists.

Is that true of Iraq? Not really, no. They've gone from Ottoman imperial rule to British imperial rule to a Baathist "caudillo" government. (BTW, anyone know the Arabic for "strongman"?) They don't have a democratic tradition they can fall back on. Democracy has to be built from the ground up, and I'm pretty certain that has to come from the consiousness of the people, not in an edict from Washington.

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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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