To: EternalHope
I don't know when they will be ready, but as soon as they are, they need to take over, kick ass and run the place for about 20 years before even thinking about allowing elections. The Iraqis are not ready. Nothing against them, it took the Filipinos, South Korea, Taiwan and even Greece a long time before they were ready for civil government. Autocratic pro-western governments were necessary while economic, educational and societal conditions were created that allowed for democracy.
7 posted on
11/30/2006 2:54:47 PM PST by
Defiant
(Dems don't want to lose Iraq, they just want Hillary to win it and then fly onto a carrier.)
To: Defiant
I don't know when they will be ready, but as soon as they are, they need to take over, kick ass and run the place for about 20 years before even thinking about allowing elections. The Iraqis are not ready. Nothing against them, it took the Filipinos, South Korea, Taiwan and even Greece a long time before they were ready for civil government. Autocratic pro-western governments were necessary while economic, educational and societal conditions were created that allowed for democracy. You may very well be right, but we do not have the luxury of that much time.
9 posted on
11/30/2006 2:58:02 PM PST by
EternalHope
(Boycott everything French forever. Including their vassal nations.)
To: Defiant
I disagree. Authoritarian governments just breed trouble, and will only increase the problems in the region.
The only way to teach people who have lived in an autocracy how to live in a free society is to let them do it themselves and make mistakes on the way
27 posted on
11/30/2006 4:06:35 PM PST by
ChurtleDawg
(kill em all)
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