> MickeyG wrote: > It would be an appropriate comparison if the Iraqi people were in the
Even if we agree that you can create a democracy at the point of gun, there's one HUGE problem. People are not cultural commodities; there's the little problem of the Muslim religion. The Muslim religion has not had a reformation. That means a high probability of Muslim nations electing the Taliban. Or Bin Laden. Let try an analogy!! Let's say a chemist approaches you for venture capital in his new company that can make platinum from cooper. Here are the risks: (1.) He may or may not be able to actually create the platinum (democracy) (2.) If he can create the platinum, he might need so much copper that it'll take decades at current prices to get a pay back (Iraq insurrection) (3.) Even if he does create the platinum, there's no guarantee it'll be at a high price once created (elections elect terrorists) Do you invest? Of course you don't, that'd be a fool's errand. Yet for some reason tons of Americans have invested in this bleeding heart tripe and the investment is paying exactly as we thought: negative interest. And now the big argument is, "well, decades from now it'll work out." Great. Good plan. Morons. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:286368 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
