>> Gel wrote: >> Why does Bush want to "bring democracy" to the world? >> What are the reasons behind this lofty ambition? >> > >Only he could answer that, but there is an obvious answer: because >it's the only system yet whereby people seem to be able to live free >and prosper. > >Therefore, Mr. Bush, as a freedom loving Christian, believes that he >can leave the World better than he found it by helping to provide the >gift of democracy to a region that, historically, hasn't had it. > >Ataturk comes to mind since he abolished the Ottoman Caliphate and >installed (and enforced!) the principles of democracy and secularism. >(Maybe a bit like Musharraf?)
Wasn't he also one of the masterminds behind the Armenian Genocide during WWI? > >IMO, the difference between Ataturk and Bush is that Ataturk did his >work from the inside whereas Bush is from the outside. Nevertheless, >Ataturk "6 principles" could probably be used as today as a blueprint >for Islamic democracy. [Ghads I am defending the shrubbery here] But Bush never tried to kill a million and a half people based on their ethnic origin. That's one significant difference. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:239900 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
