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US now looks for another Saddam Hussein : Comments

By Syed Atiq ul Hassan, published 11/1/2007

The mission is accomplished - Saddam Hussein is dead. As for democracy, the people of Iraq may not see it for another 50 years.

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What about Afghanistan, for instance? Or Talibs were not welcomed in Reagan's White House, while fighting pro-Moscow Afghan government?
Posted by MichaelK., Thursday, 1 February 2007 11:55:04 PM
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While the US may not have attempted a direct regime change such as this before, there were certainly indirect attempts.
Most have either resulted in the same situation or worse.

If external regime change worked, we wouldn't have a problem with Iran - the Shah wouldn't have been toppled.

In relation to Iran - yes, it is far from an ideal democracy, and I don't defend it as being suitable.
I do however, believe that it administers a functioning nation.
The nominal input from the public is in choosing one of a few pre-selected candidates. Hence 'nominal.'

What I am saying, is that it is better than the alternative of a weak government where chaos reigns, and that the only way these countries are going to attain a proper democracy is to develop it themselves.

Governments put in place by foreign nations don't endure. It has to be done by the people. History tells us this, yet still we don't learn.
Posted by TurnRightThenLeft, Friday, 2 February 2007 11:44:38 AM
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Oh, not so much people "endure their governments": love it or hate it, Bush Jr.'s legacy is uniting the anti-islamist forces worldwide, some Arab and Muslim states inclusively.
Posted by MichaelK., Saturday, 3 February 2007 12:49:42 AM
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