You don't get it. Iraq is a _nascent_ democracy. That label allows any abuse of democratic rights to occur without the title being taken away. The title will go if the Iraqi government starts dis- agreeing with the US (which is not going to happen). BTW, this theory seems the same as of Rostow's view that communism is the "disease of the take-off" to modern industrial society. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine
________________________________ From: PEN-L list on behalf of Michael Perelman Sent: Sat 11/20/2004 7:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] News Flash: Economist Shows that the Iraqui Resistence is because of the transition to a free society right. and Iraq has become a democracy. On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 02:45:39AM -0800, Chris Doss wrote: > --- michael perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > This > result suggests that, as experienced recently in Iraq > and > previously in Spain and Russia, transitions from an > authoritarian regime to a democracy may be > accompanied by > temporary increases in terrorism. > > --- > > Russia hasn't been a democracy since about 1993. > > ===== > Nu, zayats, pogodi! > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! > http://my.yahoo.com -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
