Posted on 02/04/2005 2:11:45 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
we're still in early stages, but could we be witnessing the beginning of a revolutionary period? this democracy thing sure is contagious! :-)
I'm curious, do any FReepers exchange emails with people living in these countries like Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran etc. If so, what are they saying? What are the women saying? and the young people?
nikos
This doesn't matter. Bush is Hitler. /sarcasm
The pickup lines that spring to mind here.....
ROFL!
It'll take longer in some places than in others. Because we had to go into Iraq, we were able to smash the old structure and start building the new in its place. In places like Saudi Arabia and Iran, there's not going to be any smashing of the old structure (I think)...instead, democracy and freedom, with our quiet and firm help, will wear it down like water wearing down rocks, until it falls of its own weight.
}:-)4
maybe they wear matching sheets
You're so good at channeling leftists....you're starting to worry me.....
How much you wanna bet that there is a shortage of ballots due to much heavier that expected turnout on Thurs.?
"Hey you hot ticket - I like you ballot! Need a Tuesday night gal?"
Iraqi villagers kill 5 insurgents
It is from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation .
The Bush Effect.
The dims aren't gonna like this
ping......
The Democrat response: "Thank you sir, may I have another..."
bwhahahahaha
Democracy and freedom are two different things.
In these wacko lands, democracy (mob rule) certainly does not assure freedom.
For example: Women can't vote in Saudi Arabia. That is not freedom. Mob rule (democracy) can mean some of the most anti-freedom sects are put into power in Saudi Arabia. They can take away even more freedom, even though the nation is building "democracy".
Efforts should be made to seek freedom, not democracy. Our founding fathers rejected democracy when they saw how evil it could be. That is why the founding fathers gave us a republic, not a democracy.
This is the Saudi PR machine in action. They are attempting to throw us a bone so that we will hopefully overlook them in our efforts to spread freedom and democracy. I don't see how this is anything more than a singe (Islamic male) party caucus. They can pound sand.
So what? How long did it take before women got the vote in our country? How long did our country embrace slavery? Did our Founding Fathers not recognize that evil?
Hahahahaha!
You failed to follow the thread. I stated to that other poster that getting all wet and excited about the "spread of democracy" is foolish since democracy is mob rule. The mob can be anti-freedom, and in these nations of extremists, that is likely.
I stated that we should seek FREEDOM, not democracy, for these nations.
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