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To: one_less who wrote (180986)	1/30/2006 12:31:35 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Our goal in Iraq seems to be democracy (at least since WMD fell out of favor), but unfortunately, the history of real democratic elections in the region has not shown any indications that this will lead to the results desired by the West. There have been very few relatively free democratic elections in the Arab world. Algerian elections in 1991 stand as a shining example of such perils. The recent Pal elections are the second excellent example. Iraq is still a question mark. Lebanon is about the only other one I can think of, it has suffered from much foreign meddling, and it has mixed results to date. Elections in Iran might be argued to be democratic with moderates having gained power at times, but the Mullah's have not actually allowed free choice in terms of candidates running, so I don't actually consider them to be democratic, despite the tolerance of some opposition.