To: Dog Gone
Nonsense! Japan had competitive parliamentary electinos in the 1920s and a free press. Iraq's experience was only a brief interlude of highly restricted elections in the 1950s.
To: Captain Kirk
Japan briefly experimented with it and didn't like it. It was a farce. The notion that we "restored" democracy to Japan is silly. The Emperor had complete control.
36 posted on
11/29/2003 10:03:02 AM PST by
Dog Gone
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