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To: HG who wrote (3067)	10/6/2001 9:41:38 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

IMO (for whatever it is worth, but obviously inspired by a somewhat different culture, media) you bring up some good points. some say, as early in the 1700s, that "democarcy" must be based on "knowledge" (one vulgar reason to deny both education and voting rights in many parts of the world, "leadership" also has a responsibility which the "masses" do not have). Anyway, "democarcy" is no killer application in itself, often a direct road to civil war. Neither is "free markets" (free from what, free to cheat and steal??) Many examples in history of "dictators" bringing a culture, nation into "democarcy", one important aspect at the final point is to not be executed, family and all. (Ghana is one recent example, luckily they seem to haven gotten through the $30 oil crises) My point that I do not think "the saudi monarchy" is in the business of collecting personal pensions, much more at stake, Saudi Arabia is "the heart of islam", more so than NY, Washington,Jerusalem, etc. Saddam is a complicated thing, obviously tried to modernize a lot, but at least he made a big real politics mistake with Kuwait, not understanding, maybe, or maybe not, the reaction. But it is interesting how little the Iranian seem to pay attention to all those years of Iran-Irak wars...??? Having lived as the neighbor to Russia, and having been totally dependent on understanding that part of the global equation, I do not agree on what you wrote. But disagreeing takes understanding,describing a lot, more than can be written in even many books. Ilmarinen