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I read an article recently that said that Democratic countries in the middle east would be a nightmare for the U.S. Non-democratic countries like Saudi Arabia and Jordan are much easier for the U.S. to control because they don't have to worry about the opinion of the people, only the government leaders. If Saudi Arabia was Democratic, do you really think the people their would support the United States attacking Iraq? Of course not.
Look at what problems Democracy is causing in Turkey. Polls show that 94% of the population of Turkey are against supporting a U.S. war in Iraq, that's hard for a democratic government to ignore.
If Iraq ever does become a democracy, and I think most of us hope that it does, our problems are not going to magically disappear. As long as people are stupid enough to believe the current Whitehouse lie that "they just hate us for our freedom" then nothing is going to change.
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