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2005-12-18 Iraq

StrategyPage: Blame the Americans and Praise the Result

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Posted by ed 2005-12-18 19:17|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Democracy is infectious. I gather the Iranian Kurds have now learned of the concept of Federalism, and it is the topic of choice throughout their territory, no matter what the mullahs think.

Everywhere else in the Middle East, the two questions keep arising: why is the dictator in charge, and why does he remain in power if we outnumber him?

Remember 1848. The year in which democratic revolutions happened in every country in Europe but two.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-12-18 21:12|| 2005-12-18 21:12|| Front Page Top

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