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To: Dog Gone
"You are trying to prove too much with this example. American "meddling" has often been a good thing. Every country in the Western Hemisphere is now a democracy, thanks to our meddling."

That the countries of Latin America are democracies has nothing to do with US meddling. The Latin American countries became democracies in imitation of the US. When they got their independence they created Republics with constitutions modelled on that of the US.

Anyway, I fail to see why spreadin "democracy" is considered a good thing. Why should I care if my neighbors live in a democracy or a monarchy?

42 posted on 10/08/2001 3:05:52 PM PDT by Marduk
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To: Marduk
That the countries of Latin America are democracies has nothing to do with US meddling.

Tell that to Manuel Noriega and Salvadore Allende.

56 posted on 10/08/2001 3:25:05 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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