[Edmund Burke]

Read Paul Johnson's commentary in this week's Forbes Magazine entitled "What Follows Saddam in Iraq?" He recommends re-installing the Hashemite monarchs in Iraq that were overthrown in 1958. He says that Jordan is proof that the Hashemites are good rulers. They have ruled Jordan for over 80 years and have been relatively responsible (except for 1967 attack on Israel which he says was a bad mistake). He recommends that the Syrian regime be overthrown as well and replaced with the same Hashemite ruler. He says that creating a democracy is a pipe dream. Johnson is a famous popular historian: History of the Jews, Birth of the Modern World Society, Modern Times, History of the American People, Intellectuals, etc.

[sam_paine]

WOW! THE Edmund Burke?!?! I myself am a devoted Burkian conservative, but am often mistakenly hounded here on this forum as a spineless libertarian!

Anyway, re:"creating a democracy is a pipe dream."

I agree. Seems like by definition, if a people don't rise up and demand democratic representation, then they cannot manage it, and do not deserve it!

That's like giving fat slobs an instant thin body, that will revert almost instantaneously to sloth.