[iconoclast]

History has proven that democracies are less likely to engage in aggressive foreign military policies than dictatorships and Rice well ennunciated that position in her speech.

Unadulterated Koolaid.

Post WW I Germany was a democracy.

By contrast, our new best friend (and Bin Laden control center) is the undisturbed Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

[ZULU]

"Unadulterated Koolaid.

Post WW I Germany was a democracy."

You are the Koolaid dispenser here iconoclast.

"Democratic" Germany didn't start WW2. Hitler had buried the Weimar Republic before he began his push for Lebensraum.

If anything, most Democracies are TOO peaceful. They are almost pacifistic. Read some history.

[cricket]

Unadulerated kool-aid. . .

Not. . .

R.J. Rummel offers a voluminous testament to the superiority of 'Free and Democratic' Governments no matter how they are 'tailored'. . .

Democratic Wars vs Non-Democratic Wars from1816-1991. . .('wars' defined as any Military action where 1,000 or more are killed).

Democracies vs Democracies: 0

Democracies vs Non-Democracies: 155

Non-Democracies vs Non-Democracies: 198

(from Small & Singer. Updated 1982 and updated later by R.J. Rummel (does not include war between ephemeral Republic of France and Republic of Rome in 1849; but rather 'stable democracies'.

I like Kool-Aid; but Condi was not serving or drinking it.

[dervish]

"By contrast, our new best friend (and Bin Laden control center) is the undisturbed Islamic Republic of Pakistan."

By contrast we all saw the undisturbed Islamic Taliban sponsored Bin Laden attacks on 9/11 coming.


They all look stable till they are not. There's your flaw. Pakistan worries the hell out of me.