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To: Bilow who wrote (172518)	10/24/2005 2:30:24 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) of 281500

The Iraqi government is in no way similar to that of George Washington. They're in power at the business end of foreign weapons with very little assistance from their own people. I don't remember any US soldiers being permitted to vote in any of the recent Iraqi elections. And I don't remember any US politicians threatening Sunnis in that first election. If you want to discuss "foreign weapons", then why not discuss the foreign fighters who turn themselves into 4 wheeled Kamikazes seeking to plunge into masses of innocent people? Do you really believe the "government" the Islamo-Fascists have in store for Iraq will be propped up with peace signs and daisies in rifle barrels? Were not the Taliban a "puppet government" of Pakistan and Bin Ladin, propped up through coercion, violence, and sheer repression? I'd rather prop up and nurture an unsteady fledgling democracy ANY DAY OF THE YEAR. Where we will make a mistake is when we starting looking to propping up specific governments, and not focusing on the electoral will of the people overall. We don't have to prop up the government.. But WE DO NEED TO PROP UP THE DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM that is the people's mechanism for changing their governments. Hawk

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