--- John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "John" > <jr_esq@> wrote: > > [...] > > > It is a good idea to spread democracy to the > nations in the > Middle > > > East, as "democratization". It was supposed to > stabilize the > > > political milieu in the area. However, the > Americans are finding > it > > > difficult to lose American soldiers for a cause > not directly > linked > > > to the American agenda. In addition, the war is > getting too > > > expensive to continue without direct benefits to > the American > people, > > > aside from the corporations involved in running > the military > complex > > > > > > > If it is such a good idea, why don't we get the > King of Jordan to > step down peacefully, and > > why did we support the Shah in Iran, who was so > unpopular that the > Ayatollah Khomeini was > > seen as a welcome change? > > By definition, these governments are monarchies > which are considered > politically conservative and acceptable. In my > opinion, a monarchy > is a traditional form of government which is more > efficient than > democratically run countries. However, when the > people become more > educated and can make better judgements for > themselves, then it would > be an evolutionary step to adopt into a > parliamentary or democratic > system. This is how England and the US have > developed into.
You make a good point here about an educated electorate. The American founding fathers were quite concerned about an uneducated electorate voting some bozo into office so the put the electoral college into place to prevent this. Look what happens when the electorate is uneducated and look who they support such as the Palestinians voting Hamas into office. What a disaster. > > > > > > > > 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 > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
