Yes but France didn't invade the US, topple it's government and then force democracy on it did they?
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > How exactly do you have a peaceful democratic revolution in a country where > you can get shot for any reason at all without any repercussions? There > was > a revolution in Iraq, but it didn't happen in 2003 with the invasion. It > happened when Iraqis chose by the millions to risk death and vote in free > and fair elections. > > The United States did not achieve independence on our own. Without the > intervention of the French, we would have lost the Revolutionary War. And > we've done OK with this democracy thing since then. > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 6:18 AM, Michael G wrote: > > > 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. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:286342 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
