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To: Elroy who wrote (228175)	4/22/2007 12:33:51 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I think it was wise to keep the status quo. Installing something very new in a region you do not understand, when the costs of such actions are unforeseeable, and the success of such actions are unpredictable, is not,imo, a good idea. When people in the region want democracy they will have a revolution. At that time we could aid their revolution- but I'm not sure it will be in our interest to do so. Democracy in the ME will probably look a lot like the Iranian model.

To: Elroy who wrote (228175)	4/22/2007 1:31:01 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Because the UN resolutions called for the restoration of the "legitimate government of Kuwait", which can only be regarded as the old monarchy, not a new democracy? It seems that the US is condemned for following and ignoring UN resolutions. The only solution I can see is for the US to withdraw from the UN and tell it to get off our real estate.