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To: Neocon who wrote (83446)	3/18/2003 4:07:13 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Unless you suppose that most people in the world are naturally fit for being tyrannized, democratization is mainly a matter of education. Unless you think that being tyrannized is better than having some modicum of personal freedom and being able to hold government accountable, one should earnestly desire the evolution of all societies in that direction. Of course not. That's an argument with a caricature. I still like the old, I think, Churchill comment that democracy is such a terrible form of government, it's just the best we've come up with yet. NC, there is a long discussion here which I don't want to start as to just what democracy is, whether it can seriously be imposed on a population, whether "occupiers" can do so, etc. I doubt it. Deeply. But whether I like it or not, the Bush folk propose to do so. My own guess is that they will never get there. I will be surprised if they do not stop with some form of top down control. Serious democracy in Iraq will leave the occupiers too open to serious political organization among Islamist groups, something the US would not accept. My guess is the proposed "federated" system is simply another name for keeping the lid on.