--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- authfriend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "Patrick > > Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > This, from a friend: > > > > > > "As for bringing democracy to Iraq, someone said > > to > > > me the other day that its like the person driving > > around > > > the countryside of Ireland looking for Dublin. > > When he > > > stopped to ask a local former for directions, the > > farmer > > > thought for a moment, and then said, 'The only > > advice > > > I can give you is to start from somewhere other > > than here.'" > > > > Very well put. > > > > Unfortunately, it's too late for us to start > > from somewhere else. > > The more I read and listen to experts (not AM radio > blowhards like Rush and his ilk) the more I realize > that democracy coming to Iraq is just some neo-con wet > dream. It ain't gonna happen. As soon as we pull-out > there is going to be a massive civil war. We can't > even stabilize the country with 130,000 troops. We > think the Iraquis can? What a joke! > I am always suspicious when our government decides that a selected country must be democratic. If you look at ANY example, it is always about us; some strategic advantage, in this case clearly oil. 'Democracy' is just the new name for imperialism in the Middle East.
After all, what would happen if the government began explaining the real reasons they did things? A whole lot of self-interest would come parading out of the closet. I've also heard our government explaining its foreign intiatives as 'enlightened self-interest'- just need more enligntenment in the equation. Less enlightenment = more lies. Iraqi democracy has nothing to do with Iraqis. It is all about us. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
