--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- 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.
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