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July 24, 2006
WB: Democracy in Action

Billmon:

If "democracies" can and do fight "democracies" — presumably with the support of their citizens, who otherwise would vote the warmongers out of office — then what exactly is the point of trying to spread "democracy" throughout the Middle East? I mean other than providing government consulting contracts to "democracy" experts like Dr. Feldman?

Democracy in Action

Posted by b on July 24, 2006 at 05:52 UTC | Permalink
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Speaking of the long dead Bin Ladin, New video from OBL expected shortly…
Yep, apparently they’re even now pre-announcing when he’s gonna turn up.
made in the USA
paid for by the committe to keep the bushes runnin the ranch forever
and of course the generosity of the US taxpayers…
and for those whom don’t know and or missed it:
FBI says, it has “No hard evidence connecting Bin Laden to 9/11”
btw, one last thing, do any moonbats remember the guy whom looks quite a bit like the guy in this picture.
We talked about?
I think it was back when we were talking about the Christian Bayley (sp?) character and around the time of the under cover spys caught and arrested in southern Iraq, Basra dressed as arabs and w/ a butt load of explosives in their car, around the time of that Mosque explosion or some such. I can’t seem to recall the info, thus, I can’t look it up, but it had something to do w/ a guy that looked like this dressed as an arab in Iraq or some other place, Pakistan maybe?; doing nefarious things…
oh, and I think the post had him carrying a ak 47. Ring a bell w/ anyone?

Posted by: Uncle $cam | Jul 24 2006 6:52 utc | 1

re No Hard evidence connecting OBL to 9/11 – Sec. of State Colin Powell, speaking of moldy oldies, said he would issue a rpt. proving that HE was THE Culprit. He Never issued said report. Horseshit much!

Posted by: jj | Jul 24 2006 7:46 utc | 2

Uncle
The new OBL video story you link to has as its source Intelcenter. I took a look around and can’t figure out if it is a honeypot or if it is just some spooks trying to make a fast buck from DHS.
yer thoughts?

Posted by: dan of steele | Jul 24 2006 10:56 utc | 3

Nobody important ever genuinely wanted to promote democracy in the ME.
This is just a way to denigrate, prod at, act superior towards, make demands of Arab/Muslim leaders, as well as a way of promoting disdain and contempt internally while avoiding blatant racism. The system, not the people… If Iraqis (and other primitive rag-heads such as Palestininans, Afghanis) could elect representatives, banish the Hate in their school books, give up their personality cults for leaders who have green claws, bloody teeth, give up their family and tribal and ethnic loyalties, abandon the Burka which oppresses women (not that Iraqi women, for example, wore it), the Beard (another kooky sign of incipient terrorism), and all kinds of other nasty, foreign, dirty, incomprehensible and undemocratic habits, everything would be fine!
Forward, march! (Or rather, fly.) Shock and awe! Sonic boom!
Progessives, leftists, liberation movements, from 1950 to 1980 saw to it that it was not politically correct to blame people (or then kill them), for their color, creed, lifestyle or income. So systemic arguments took hold (sociological analysis dating from the 60s …) – the people are cute, and have their folksy habits, and we feel for their starving children, but they just need to get rid of the oppressive system that holds them in sway. They act illogically and are terrified and submissive – that is not their fault. (Echoes of lib movements) – we can hee hee liberate them!
New colonial twist. Which has the added advantage of putting client Gvmts. in a double bind. They are told, you must have democracy, or we will get mad. But if you have democracy, and elections turn up people we don’t like, we will get mad also. You go figure it out, it is not our concern. We can manage it, you should too. (Wanna buy Diebold?)
Forked tongues.

Posted by: Noirette | Jul 24 2006 17:00 utc | 4

Golden Pretzel Award for Logic, Billmon!

Posted by: BMOC | Jul 24 2006 20:36 utc | 5

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