--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 9/19/06 2:03:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > > babajii_99@ writes: > > > > > > And I have to disagree with the premise, that Islamic > > > > countries are not ready for Democracy. I think any > > > > civilized people are ready for it, but may need more > > > > time and help depending on what their previous > > > > experiences have been". > > > > > > "May need more time and help" = "not ready" > <snip> > > > > Needing more time or needing help doesn't mean a country isn't > > ready for democracy. > > Uh, well, yes, it does, by definition. It would be > ready for democracy only if it *didn't* need more time > and help. > > It's not an insult or a criticism to say Iraq isn't > ready for democracy, given what they've been through > and the disastrous mess the U.S. has made of the > occupation.
The U.S. obviously wasn't ready for democracy, as evidenced by their civil war which took hundreds of thousands of lives. Grow up, MDixon. Judy's right. And Judy's worldview should prevail: We should have two United States today: North U.S. where slavery is illegal and South U.S. where slavery and discrimination against Blacks is the law of the land. > > But Bush tries to portray it as an insult, or a lack > of faith in the Iraqis' innate ability to have a > democracy. He even portrayed it as racism in that > passage I quoted. He does this to try to intimidate > his critics, but it's a straw man. > > No responsible politician or leader that I've heard > has ever suggested the Iraqis are *innately* incapable > of democracy. > > > Democracy has not always come easily to those that enjoy it now. > > Right. We in the U.S. weren't ready for it for quite > some time. > 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
