| directfiesta |
05-19-2006 08:11 AM |
Can Western Style Democracy stick in Islamic countries ?
cliff notes: NO
Quote:
The Taliban's comeback is not only on the battlefield, but, increasingly, in the hearts and minds of Afghans. Why?
Analysts say the democratic values embodied by Afghan President Hamid Karzai haven't caught on.
"In a lot of parts of the country, nothing really has changed from a few years ago," says Brad Adams of Human Rights Watch.
"Freedom of religious may apply to other religions, but not to Islam," says one Afghan man.
"Democracy is just talk here," he says. "There is no freedom. The Islamic extremists control the government."
Despite some $12 billion in aid and the loss of more than 220 U.S. soldiers, many Afghan men in the street want the Taliban back.
Increasingly, the [b]Taliban is seen here as a protector of Islamic values against the invasion of Western ways.
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and in Iraq, it is civil war ...
" Heck of a job ... , leaker " :thumbsup |
