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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: RetiredNow who wrote (276187)2/23/2006 2:17:48 AM
From: Elroy  Read Replies (3) of 1572208
 
One thing I like about Bush's vision is that he has openly acknowledged that we should no longer prop up dictators and has called for a policy shift to push Democracy.

Ha! Then why hasn't little Kuwait, with ~1.5 million people and ~8% of the world's oil reserves, been coerced into becoming democratic? Or Saudi Arabia? Or Qatar?

The unelected ruler is a "king" if we like him, a "dictator" if we don't? We have our good friend King Abdullah in Jordan, the son of the former King of Jordan, and we have our enemy the dictator Bashir in Syria, the son of the former dictator.

When has Bush ever called for democratic elections in Jordan, our ally in the so called "War on Terror"?
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