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To: tejek who wrote (161618)	2/20/2003 1:50:08 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576348

Ted, <your view that we know what's best for the Iraqis.> Let's go back to that. I think the difference here is that of ideal vs. practical. Personally, I think democracy is a noble goal for all people groups. It doesn't even have to be a democracy in the American sense. I'd be fine with something that affirms the self-evident human rights of every citizen, along with some system that has the leader or leaders accountable to the people instead of themselves. You're focused on the practical, e.g. how will the ethnic groups in Iraq settle their differences, how to bring order to a society that was held together solely by the grip of a strongman, how to set in motion all the gears of government at the same time. I'd argue that the goal is still worth pursuing, even if it's more difficult than the politicians make it sound. (Isn't it always?) I think our clash was over the differences in these two viewpoints. To dismiss the former would be arrogant, but to dismiss the latter would be naive. Tenchusatsu