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To: stockman_scott who wrote (184105)	3/25/2006 10:06:37 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 281500

Democracy can indeed be transplanted at the point of a gun: <Democracy cannot be transplanted, especially not at the point of a gun.> For example, Japan wasn't a democracy, but now it is. That was created by being nuked. Germany's democracy was created under the tread of tanks and at the point of guns and bayonets. New Zealand's democracy was created by trade, agreement, but also at the point of many guns. If there had been no military backup, it would have folded. They were all examples of British democratic processes rolling down through history at the point of a gun, albeit filtered through the USA, which is a democracy, which was created at the point of a gun [from Sioux etc]. Because Moslems have that sharia stuff, which involves killing apostates, which I suppose means Shites are obliged to kill apostatic Sunnis and vice versa, it doesn't seem likely to be very orderly unless one gang gets to rule another with great viciousness. So I think the barrel of a gun would be particularly necessary in Iraq. Send more guns! Hire 1 million NUN Indian and African soldiers to fill every street corner. Pay them $1000 for every car bomb they can find trying to sneak around the place and $100 for every criminal they can apprehend [payment only after conviction with their evidence having to be video or independent]. Mqurice