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To: Ohioan
The subject is, "Should The United States promote Democracy In Every Land?"

Yes.

Note President Bush didn't say "force". George Washington would approve and do as much were he here today.

22 posted on 02/26/2005 11:44:20 AM PST by cyncooper
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To: cyncooper
Note President Bush didn't say "force". George Washington would approve and do as much were he here today.

That is pretty funny, considering that General Washington was an enthusiastic supporter of our Constitution, which (1) does not authorize meddling in the internal affairs of other nations; (2)does not authorize one President to bind his successors to a generations spanning foreign escapade; and (3) was designed to protect us at home from "Democracy." (Please, read Madison--the Father of the Constitution's--specific discussion of "Democracy" in Federalist Paper #10.

And, while you may like President Bush's ideas, how do you defend the fact that he used the term "Freedom" in at least six different senses in the Debate, at least three of which were contradictory, without making any effort to sort out just what he was talking about, or how to resolve the contradictions?

51 posted on 02/26/2005 1:24:20 PM PST by Ohioan
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