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Originally posted by CamChicks
Populations get the government they deserve. When they're ready for change, they'll do it themselves. That's the only way it works. Otherwise you end up with an iraq-like situation. There was no better alternative for the current culture there than a strong secular leader like Saddam to keep all the different factions from tearing the country apart. Smart outsiders knew it, and most iraqis knew it. If the overwhelming majority of that population really wanted a free western-style democracy they'd have overthrown him themselves. Ditto for the north koreans. They don't have quite the same ethnic infighting but culturally they are just as alien. Do you have any idea what they think of the USA there? We're not going to improve our image through violence.
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Democracy used to be an alien concept to the entire world not that long ago historically. If imperial Japan could achieve democracy any country can.