>It would be an appropriate comparison if the Iraqi people were in the >middle of a civil war in an effort to become democratic and the US lent >support to the side that supported democracy. Alas, that wasn't the case.
the point I was making was that the even the US did not experience the democratic revolution that its propaganda frequently champions. It wasn't until it got its foreign intervention that it became reomtely successful. In contrast most of the peaceful democratic changes that have happened (i.e., Britain, Iceland, Australia and Canada) have not required violent confrontationsl > > >> It depends on what you mean by invading and toppling its government. The >> French did try that in conjunction with the Americans during the American >> Revolutionary War with its invasion of the American colonies in support of >> the revolt. They also supplied over 12,000 soldiers headed by Rochambeau in >> 1779-1780. The net result was a toppling of the current colonial government. >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:286414 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
