The confusion of what is happening as our showcase child for Democracy in the Middle East (Iraq) descends into that reality of a failed state. More like a still born child. Still born like our other child: Lebanon elected the Hamas. Not what Empire wanted – be a democracy the way we want your democracy to be. Servility is rewarded with perpetual bondage for One Hundred Years. Sometimes I think the solution is to set up the client states with a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) command then our Democracy Babies would truly greet us with nosegays and sweet meats instead of IEDS. (more…)
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Shifting border sands or softening the political sands for St. McCain?
Posted in Beyond Borders, tagged borders, Democracy, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East on March 29, 2008| Leave a Comment »
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