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Mavdog · 02-26-2005, 03:31 PM

promising yes, some very promising trends.

Democratic voting isn't new to the mideast tho, Israel has had elections (with arab Israelis voting) since its inception, and Lebanon had a couple decades of it. the palestinian issues ended it in lebanon, the problem that egypt faced last time it tried a plebiscite is the people voted in islamist.

As for if we should praise Bush for a more positive view of the region's political future, not so fast. First, we as of yet don't have our troops back and the timeline remains uncertain; second there's a ton more for the Iraqis to do in the process; and third the praise comes based on the maxim "the end justifies the means", the means to be a few thousand US lives, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis lives and about $.5 Trillion.

02-26-2005, 03:31 PM	#3
Mavdog Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 6,014	RE: More reason's to damn bush promising yes, some very promising trends. Democratic voting isn't new to the mideast tho, Israel has had elections (with arab Israelis voting) since its inception, and Lebanon had a couple decades of it. the palestinian issues ended it in lebanon, the problem that egypt faced last time it tried a plebiscite is the people voted in islamist. As for if we should praise Bush for a more positive view of the region's political future, not so fast. First, we as of yet don't have our troops back and the timeline remains uncertain; second there's a ton more for the Iraqis to do in the process; and third the praise comes based on the maxim "the end justifies the means", the means to be a few thousand US lives, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis lives and about $.5 Trillion.