[MikefromOhio]

The speech was eerily reminiscent of JFK's notorious "fight any foe, bear any burden" inaugural address; the busybody Wilsonian sentiments voiced in that speech got us into Vietnam--and, indirectly--into our present situation. Some places simply CAN'T be democratized (the Arab World, Sub saharan Africa come to mind); their cultures won't allow it, for all they understand and respect is rule by a strong man, a chieftain. This explains a whole line of bloody autocrats in these parts of the world, from Shaka Zulu to Idi Amin to Robert Mugabe; from the Saudi Royal Family to Nasser and Hafez Assad to Saddam Hussein. Trying to teach democracy to an Arab or an African is like trying to teach a rooster to sing like a canary.


Wow a DU Troll's dream statement if I ever saw one. Go take your elitism over to DU with you please.

[Earthdweller]

"Go take your elitism over to DU with you please."
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Exactly!!! I have often wondered if the real reason the Euro elites don't care to join us in liberating Iraq is because they believe the whole ME is a complete lost cause..futile et. What a bunch of racist arrogant deceptive snobs. While they act like they care and protest war for "humanitarian" reasons, they really just want to keep the status quo and make them their new "slave" working class to bring in tax dollars for their near failed economies.