Do they need democracy?
News from Iraq are not getting any better. As if the "insurgency" wasn't enough, now Shiites are fighting Sunnis. I am hoping this doesn't escalate into a civil war.
The "administration" (ours) is so high on the propaganda BS that we're going to "establish democracy" in Iraq - and the whole Middle East that they're failing to realize one small little detail: what if these people don't want a western-style democracy? I don't want to sound racist or whatever other "ist"-ending word, but hey, where is it written that all people handle certain things the same way? Where does it say that everyone values certain things the same way? How about if the "liberators" take the time to read through that region's history? I know, it's hard to do when your daddy's influence puts you through Ivy League schools, but maybe someone from staff would be able to analyze these countries' history and have a Eureka moment and realize that, maybe, dictatorship is all these people know and what they're used to - and they like it! Western-style democracy just doesn't cut it there.
Oh well, who cares, as long as oil keeps flowing freely.
The "administration" (ours) is so high on the propaganda BS that we're going to "establish democracy" in Iraq - and the whole Middle East that they're failing to realize one small little detail: what if these people don't want a western-style democracy? I don't want to sound racist or whatever other "ist"-ending word, but hey, where is it written that all people handle certain things the same way? Where does it say that everyone values certain things the same way? How about if the "liberators" take the time to read through that region's history? I know, it's hard to do when your daddy's influence puts you through Ivy League schools, but maybe someone from staff would be able to analyze these countries' history and have a Eureka moment and realize that, maybe, dictatorship is all these people know and what they're used to - and they like it! Western-style democracy just doesn't cut it there.
Oh well, who cares, as long as oil keeps flowing freely.
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