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Originally posted by Centurion
Remember, thekingie has said we are not building a democracy there...but a democratic republic (he loves to play his semantics games)
But I'll give you 2 to 1 odds that it will never happen.."stable democracy" If it does, it won't be in our lifetimes. We keep thinking Iraq is like any other civilized western country in Europe, and it isn't. But it's very hard to get many of you to see the uniqueness of the arab middle east. It's a very complicated area that will not change with simple ideas.
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I DO think it is possible for quick and dramatic changes in people's mentalities and governments, it doesn't take a lifetime. European countries of course, like the (ex) Soviet Union, East Berlin - as well as countries like Pakistan that have had pretty dramatic reversal in government policy at the minimum, all very quickly.
I'm not getting in the debate of Democracy vs. Republic because I think it's just an endless word game, but I think a "Representative Government" in Iraq will come about, and the people will adopt it quickly and happily. The only thing preventing this is if we pull out now and leave them stranded. Bush seems to be the most committed candidate to seeing this thing through. That's why I support him, see how things like that come together?