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Originally posted by grimm@Jan 16 2005, 06:38 PM
And what kind of democracy, a representative democracy like the one we try to imitate here? Or a republic with an elected leader.
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I think democracy in Iraq will be a "work in progress"... meaning at first it will probably be melding religion and politics, which would make most people in the west think that the "Taliban UltraLight" have gotten power, but this is the compromise that will work.
Now if they succeed in making a compromise, which will stabilize the country, then the foundation for democracy is in place, and the evolution process will begin, which will fragment larger groups due to many alternatives which are normal in a democracy. Ofcourse there are less alternatives in the begin of the democracy, but as the years go by, then larger groups will loose supporters to the smaller groups, and at some point the smaller groups will be the majority.
Sure our way of life is different to those in the middle east, but globalization are making the difference smaller... also there are already millions of Iraqi refugees living in Europe, and they will also vote in this election. Iraq is not another planet, heck Iraq is sharing borders with Turkey, which is in talks with the EU about membership of the European Union.
Islamist will look at Democracy as a cancer, and they will do anything to either isolate it or removing it, because they know that it will end up spreading thru out their world, once it has rooted.
Now why should the middle east have democracy? I think that democracy is the chance for real long lasting peace, and maybe the only way we will ever see "world peace".