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Re: SO MUCH FOR MIDEAST DEMOCRACY - Snoopster - 08-19-2013
I have said this ad nauseam but western style democracy and the middle east don't mix. Western democracy is a foreign alien concept to people who for thousands of years were ruled by Kings, chieftains, military dictators, and local tribal leaders. To force it down their throats like this will inevitably result in the chaos we are seeing now.
For democracy to work in that region it has to start small in local municipal government and slowly over the years gain momentum all the way up to the main government. It will take years and perhaps decades but it's the culture of democracy which needs to be instilled in the minds of the current generation and which they will pass on the next.
But the Americans have no interest in such a peaceful transition from military dictatorship to democracy. They want it now and on their terms.
Re: SO MUCH FOR MIDEAST DEMOCRACY - Kwami - 08-19-2013
There is only one democracy in the middle east and that is Iran , some would say Israel but I do not recognise Israel
Re: SO MUCH FOR MIDEAST DEMOCRACY - wifan - 08-20-2013
It was not a military coup. A military coup happens behind the backs of the people. This is a revolution, a mass uprising. The military were forced to take action by the movement of the people and they did it to protect the system itself.
Lets not forget 53% didn't vote in the elections. Morsi won by 1.5% and there were allegations of vote rigging. Morsi brutally repressed protest when in power and he was in full collaboration with the army. Is this your idea of democracy?
There is nothing more democratic than the people taking to the streets!