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Originally Posted by Donkey_Left
Yell at me if we've discussed this already.
George W. Bush, and many others, seem to think that democracy is some sort of panacea, a cure for all the worlds problems. Just "give" them democracy, and everything will sort itself out.
This has clearly been shown not to be the case. Take Palestine for example, they elected Hamas, a terrorist organization. If the people in Iran had democracy, does GW really expect the result to be any different?
I want to bite my tongue while I'm saying it, but I've decided that I don't think that democracy is always the right thing.
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Nice to see you have joined the 'reality' based community.
I was arguing back in 2002 that forcefully imposing democracy in Iraq is a fool's game. Democracy cannot be 'imposed' by anyone on anyone.
And Hamas is the legal and democratically elected government of the Palastinian territories. The fact that the USA can't deal with this fact shows how little the US government values actual democracy.
Donkey, if you are interested in the process of evolution from tyranny to democracy, I think S.Korea provides the best recent example of what works and what doesn't. Needless to say, 'rushing' towards democracy is definitely the wrong policy.