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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (553349)	3/18/2004 4:43:15 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Re: "A year later, U.S. faces greater risk" >>> It's politically incorrect to say it... but I believe that may well be the case.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (553349)	3/18/2004 4:58:50 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I think it could be of benefit for the ME to have a democracy. As of now the only way to get rid of leaders is for them to step down (go into exile), be assassinated via revolution or die of old age. Democracy gives you a viable alternative just like cricket supplanted tribal wars in some third world areas. The common idea was that the Arab world wanted a new Saladin but the best that was happening was a Nasser, a Sadat and then Saddam. What do they have to lose? It seems that the old bugaboo of "losing face", their certain style of machismo is still unyielding.