Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: pganini

I think established democracies would be more accurate. The PA is far from being a soverign country at this point anyway. And we'll see just how democratic the PA remains after this election. Germany was a democracy when Hitler rose to power, but it ceased to be a democracy after Hitler got elected. I suspect that we will see the same thing in the with regard to HAMAS. But if Hamas does allow future elections I seriously doubt they would win the next one unless they radically change their approach to the conflict. (no pun intended)

With regard to your assertion that Bin Laden would be elected in Saudi Arabia, Jordan etc. I doubt it. In Jordan they have had mass protests against Zarqawi and in Iraq, where the candidates that were surrogates for Al-qaeda were soundly rejected.


97 posted on 01/26/2006 8:30:01 AM PST by NavVet (“Benedict Arnold was wounded in battle fighting for America, but no one remembers him for that.”)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 96 | View Replies ]


To: NavVet
...Iraq, where the candidates that were surrogates for Al-qaeda were soundly rejected.

Al-Qaeda condemned the election to begin with. The real question in Iraq is what about the surrogates for Iran.

104 posted on 01/26/2006 1:53:47 PM PST by inquest (If you favor any legal status for illegal aliens, then do not claim to be in favor of secure borders)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 97 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson