[Sam Cree]

"But is it possible that they do not, and will not, have the infrastructure and cultural traditions to handle Democracy for a very, very long time?"

I don't begin to know, but my take on it is that there are an awful lot of different forces who are doing what they can to keep democracy from happening there. Including Al Qaeda, substantial portions of most Arab countries it seems, Iran and even the Democrat Party of the US.

[TShaunK]

I don't begin to know, but my take on it is that there are an awful lot of different forces who are doing what they can to keep democracy from happening there. Including Al Qaeda, substantial portions of most Arab countries it seems, Iran and even the Democrat Party of the US.

They should have known this. I was a strong backer of the war. But from troops being sent with no body armour to no WMD,along with everything else.This has been almost a complete disaster.