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To: Elroy who wrote (221118)	2/28/2005 2:53:14 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572987

said to use economic carrots to get countries to turn around........like the EU is doing. This approach is definitely going to fail. With authoritarian regimes, economic carrots only makes the regime more secure and LESS likely to transfer power. The stick approach is much more effective, especially when you have as big a stick as the US has. Its human nature, bad people need to be punished for their misbehavior, not rewarded. Not if the carrots are really juicy. Look at China.......it is voluntarily transitioning to a capitalist country. I think its the economic success of the democracies that is causing this transition. Holding out economic carrots makes the transition all that more palatable. And I think a critical mass has been reached and more and more countries are considering such moves. Of course, not every tyrant should be made the offer.......only the ones that appear primed for the seduction.........ultimately, I believe the rest will follow. ted