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To: epicure who wrote (156171)1/13/2005 1:07:17 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
I see nothing analogous in the ME to give them any traction on this kind of revolutionary thinking.

Well, that was surely the point of my post, though I think you misunderstand Islam, which likewise has no intermediary between Allah and the individual.

We are force-feeding democracy to the Iraqis. It's a unique and revolutionary experiment. We'll see whether it works soon enough.

Nonetheless, it is worth observing that no rational human being would consciously choose tyranny and oppression over democracy and freedom, which is the stark choice the Iraqis face. It really does boil down to that, and it is a reason I remain cautiously optimistic that the mess in Iraq may eventually work out reasonably well.
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