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Thread #112808 Message #2859276
Posted By: Little Hawk
08-Mar-10 - 12:41 PM
Thread Name: BS: War is over. The surge has succeeded!
Subject: RE: BS: War is over. The surge has succeeded!
Of course the Iraqis are tenacious people. They have no choice. Any populace becomes tenacious under those kind of circumstances that Iraqis have faced. People tend to rise to the challenge offered.
This can be seen in war or any other extreme situation.
Multi-party elections do not a democracy make...although they do make the outer appearance of a democracy.
You don't have a real democracy until a government actually represents and responds to the genuine interests of its general populace.
Sadly, I know of no place where there is a real democracy right now. No place anywhere in the world. There are just a whole bunch of places maintaining the superficial appearance of a real democracy, but in every case what they really are is: rule by an elite and wealthy few, for the benefit of an elite and wealthy few, over the many who voted them in because they were offered no one else to cast a vote for!!!!