[Alberta's Child]

Think of the elements of the U.S. government that make this country so stable since its founding. I'll name three right off the bat:

1. The Bill of Rights

2. A bicameral legislature

3. No official state religion

Did you ever wonder why -- when the United States has gone around with its delusion idea of nation-building and "spreading democracy" around the world over the years -- the governments we establish never adopt these things?

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Think of the elements of the U.S. government that make this country so stable since its founding. I'll name three right off the bat:"

As I said in another post, I don't expect nor do I see Afghanistan breaking out in Liberal Jeffersonian Democracy. Stable in the eyes of our national interests should be a country that can be a functioning society that is no threat to us. I am no Bill Kristol neocon. Each country has to decide for itself what it's future is as far as society and government. As long as they are functioning and no threat to us, why should we care what kind of government a nation/state chooses for its form of government. If they want to be an ally of ours, then there is a larger hurdle they have to clear for that. A close ally even larger hurdles still. That is for them to decide.