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To: Road Walker who wrote (220970)	2/27/2005 8:17:41 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572808

The Taliban wasn't chosen to lead the Afghanis. The Taleban won the tribal wars and took over forcibly. There was never an election. I thought about it and the only country where we should fear the elected outcome would be in Pakistan. Those folks very well would vote an Al Qaeda like government to power. However, Egypt definitely would not. Iran's people are more Western and educated than any other Arab country in the Middle East. Iraq would not; they are going the route of Turkey. Turkey did not. They are an a fine example of an Islamic Democracy. Saudi Arabian press has been agitating against the monarchy for some time. They would likely elect some form of government that was more Islamic than the others, but if they were alowed to choose, they wouldn't trade one form of despotism for another. It's amazing. You liberals claim to be so caring and empathetic, yet you don't even want to consider the possibility that free people are less of a danger to others than oppressed people. One thing I know for sure: when people are busy making their own lives better through hard work, they don't often spend alot of time planning for the destruction of other people's lives.

To: Road Walker who wrote (220970)	2/27/2005 2:07:51 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572808

"This is a way to improve his image with the Americans and to please them with some formal changes," said Ibrahim Eissa, a columnist and political analyst. "While at the same time he is keeping everything else unchanged, like the emergency laws, imprisoning the opposition, the state controlling the media and political parties existing just on paper. This is deception." nytimes.com If we get true democracy in the Middle East, you might not like the result. Remember the Taliban? It is really a reflection of the simple minded reaction conservatives have to such news and how unaware they are of the world and the way it works. And if you criticize or suggest that they are misreading the situation, they automatically roll out their "you hate Bush' campaign, or "you are not a true American" repertoire. The truth is we will have to wait a decade at least to see if there has been any progress towards democracy in the ME. The right doesn't have that kind of patience. They will have moved on........building drive in churches through out America......where you can get fast food and religion in one Big Gulp! ted