A true democracy is brought about by the people. Usually after revolution... by the people. Democracy forced at the business end of guns deserves double quotes. It's a "democracy" through and through.
-----Original message----- From: Robert Munn [email protected] Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:34:29 -0500 To: cf-community [email protected] Subject: Re: A final note of praise for Bush > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > RoMunn wrote: > > > And seriously, are you arguing that democracy is NOT a good thing? > > Really? > > > > > > > I'm arguing that invading Iraq to create a "democracy" thinking that > > that'll stop that country from perpetrating international terrorism is > > a fool's notion. > > > > Iraq is not a "democracy" with quotes. It is an actual democracy, with > freely elected officials and democratic institutions. And surprise, > surprise, Iraq the democracy is no longer funding or supporting terrorism. > So it worked. > > > > > > And Hamas IS a democratically terrorist government so, in short, > > you're wrong on all counts: > > > > > Hamas won seats in parliament but had to share power with Fatah. Instead, > they took over Gaza in a bloody coup. They are not recognized by the UN as > representatives of the Palestinians: > > -- > > http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/news/detail/67315.html > > 13/01/2009 > > While the Secretary-General says the UN traditionally coordinates its > efforts in the occupied Palestinian territory with Palestinian Authority > President Mahmoud Abbas - the officially recognized representative of the > Palestinians - he says speaking with Hamas can't be ruled out. > Cut and audio of the Secretary-General's full news conference are available > below > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:286310 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
