Subj : Re: Iraq and Democracy
To   : Daemon
From : Finnigann
Date : Sun Oct 16 2005 08:45:00

-=> Daemon wrote to Angus McLeod <=-

 Da>   Re: Iraq and Democracy
 Da>   By: Angus McLeod to Daemon on Sat Oct 15 2005 11:20 pm

 >  >   The idea of freedom, in a simplistic sense, is a great gift to think yo
 >  > just hand-out freely.  But in the end, guess what?  Iraqis are going to
 >  > exercise that freedom to BE THEMSELVES, and that's a culture NOT predicat
 >  > the most basic and fundamental principle of any democratic system: indivi
 >  > sovereignty and liberty for all.
 >  >
 >  >   It's a culture historically and unswervingly predicated on exactly the
 >  > opposite.
 >
 > What?!??  You mean Monkey-Man won't be able to bring "freeeedumb" to the
 > region after all?

 Da>   I know I know...  Despite the propagandized ability of our fearless
 Da> leader to walk on water in all things diplomatic, I still have a REALLY
 Da> hard time seeinghow he's going to single-handedly end a few millenia of
 Da> complex conflict with the use of force that delivers a 180 degree turn
 Da> to the lives of every single person in the affected region towards that
 Da> which they've historically called the zionist infidel perspective.

 Da>   *shrug*  Maybe it's just me.

                                                            
Well he only has to do it for five minutes so the news crews can get 'it'
on film...

After that... well I wouldn't want to live there, after that point.





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