On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Gruss wrote: > > RoMunn wrote: > > Once all nations become democracies, the transition will be easy. > > > > Iraq - check > > > > Yeah, but see that's one of the Big Bush Fallacies (that's right, I > said all 3 words). > > Hamas is a democratically elected terrorist government.
False. Hamas overthrew Fatah in a bloody coup in Gaza. Hamas rule is not recognized by the UN. The mechanical act of voting does nothing to solve aggression, > terrorism or bad behavior. > > (1.) Democracy doesn't fix terrorism or war. > > (2.) The military can't stop terrorism. > > (3.) Democracy doesn't mean friendly or even cooperative to the US. > Democracies don't fight wars against each other. Government is not a solution to terrorism any more than it is a solution to crime. The underlying causes must be addressed. Democracy is the best way to address underlying issues like racial/ethnic/religious persecution, lack of economic opportunity, and lack of freedom. The military has nothing to do with anything here, you are off in the weeds. Whether the US has good relations with every democracy is irrelevant. What matters is that the citizens of every nation have a say in how they are governed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286266 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
