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To: LindyBill who wrote (103596)	3/7/2005 10:20:06 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) of 793897

My, oh my. We are told that terrorism won't "crumble" like fascism or communism, because . . . uh . . . it's a tactic and not a political order? Hmmm. Yes, that is scary. I guess if we get democracy in the Middle East, there could still be terorrism! That sounds like failure to me, how about you? We are told democratic regimes in the Middle East could be harder for the U.S. to handle, what with all that popular sentiment at work. Hmmm. Yes, better to keep the dictators. We are told that the Afghan model of fundamentalist Islamic society is rejected by the young of the Middle East, as is the tired authoritarianism of Iran. Oh, and "the invasion of Iraq has brought into the Arab heartland a model-still fragile and bitterly contested [Oh my! Imagine that?]-of a liberal and democratic society." Hmmm. It's almost as if Iraq is . . . a model of sorts. Where have I heard this before? Barnett does sarcasm pretty well. -g-

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