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Middle East Democracy

Jeff3256 Wrote: Dec 26, 2012 7:33 AM

One of the things we (I was there) encountered in Iraq just after Saddam's government collapsed was that the people wanted democracy but didn't know what it was. They felt that all they needed to do was want something to make it happen -- regardless of the wishes of others. I think there are many in the middle east, where no muslim state has ever established any kind of democracy/representative democracy, have any idea what to do with it when they get it.

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Middle East Democracy

Here's the first paragraph of my last year's column "Democracy Is Impossible":

"After Moammar Gadhafi's downfall as Libya's tyrannical ruler, politicians and 'experts' in the U.S. and elsewhere, including French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, are saying that his death marked the end of 42 years of tyranny and the beginning of democracy in Libya. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said Gadhafi's death represented an opportunity for Libya to make a peaceful and responsible transition to democracy. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said, 'Now it is time for Libya's Transitional National Council to show the world that it will respect the rights of all...

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