--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> 
> "All love is directed towards the Self"  -- MMY
> 
> "I meet no one but me"  -- Rev. Ike

Absolutely, and we always have a choice about which parts of 
ourselves we choose to address vs. ignore, and nurture vs. deny.




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