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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (52174)	9/2/2002 3:26:39 PM
From: ajtj99	Read Replies (1) of 209892

Haim, what you suggest appears to me more like armageddon than a stroke of genius. If you think the ME will turn Democratic when there has never been a history of Democracy there, I think you're ignoring reality. Democracy comes with literacy and education. With half the population in that part of the world being denied access to basic education, it is a bit optimistic to believe they can just drop everything and adopt Westernized governments. Besides, there is a difference being a world leader and being a heavy-handed, Imperialistic country that wants to impose its will on the world in a superpower vacuum. When you say those countries will fall like dominoes you could be right. However, the dominoes would end up being extreme, Islamic fundamentalist governments even more hostile to the West and the US. Look at Algeria, for example. They had democratically elected Islamic fundamentalists. The West didn't like it, and has blocked the establishment of the elected majority. See, you can't have it both ways. You can't say you want democracy when all you really want is the Right Kind of Democracy.

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