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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Neocon who wrote (293751)9/6/2002 3:07:29 PM
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Re: "I am generally inclined to see the United States intervene in support of democracy, but I consider the occassional support of authoritarian regimes reasonable when the alternative would very likely be chaos or the installation of even less tolerant regimes."

>>> I can't - or won't - argue with pragmatism. If it works, it works.

>>> And there is no law of history that says Democracies can never attack each other... I just consider it less likely because those in the Democracy camp usually develop trade relations, and other integrating features, to go along with their common governmental systems.

>>> So, I argue that - in the long run - we are better off supporting Democracies instead of replacing them with 'compliant' dictators.

>>> Democracies have longevity compared to dictators.
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