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fwmystic, smiling here!
posted by
kingmi
on January 24, 2005 at 3:39 AM
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fwmystic, Thanks for reading.
posted by
kingmi
on January 24, 2005 at 3:39 AM
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Written like a true imperialist
why can't everyone be more like us?
posted by
fwmystic
on January 23, 2005 at 8:11 PM
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beachbelle, I know you aren't. But we are still talking aobut it!
posted by
kingmi
on January 23, 2005 at 12:25 PM
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..course of action
posted by
beachbelle
on January 23, 2005 at 12:22 PM
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Kingmi
I am not convinced there would be worse wars without the current cause of action. This whole thing did not start with 9/11
posted by
beachbelle
on January 23, 2005 at 12:21 PM
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word.smith. Thanks. Me too. Imagine having Saddam Hussein here for life
posted by
kingmi
on January 23, 2005 at 10:23 AM
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sasyass 64, Thank yo for reading and commenting. RE: your comment
about foreign countries not having more casualties with their leaders, I think they do, its just going the other way.
posted by
kingmi
on January 23, 2005 at 10:22 AM
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David1, thank you, thank you!
posted by
kingmi
on January 23, 2005 at 10:20 AM
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Spot on post!!!!
I wouldn't have expected any less from you my friend!
posted by
David1Spirit
on January 23, 2005 at 9:49 AM
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Very well said and you are right
Can you imagine having the same President for years and years? Assasinations would definately be on the rise. I am surprised that many of these third world countries don't have more fatalities with their leaders. I believe that people should be allowed to choose their leaders, but even that can prove to be a mistake. Sometimes what you think you want is not what you really asked for at all.
posted by
Sherri_G
on January 23, 2005 at 9:41 AM
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I do agree with the change of leadership.
Complacency sets in when there is one party in power for too long. Autocracy tends to result.
posted by
word.smith
on January 23, 2005 at 9:38 AM
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Saul, Thank you for reading and commenting. I will respond in a blog
after I have read your review of Amy Chua.
posted by
kingmi
on January 23, 2005 at 9:35 AM
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Idealistic, kingmi,
and true to a point. However, Amy Chua points out that exporting the capitalist/democratic ideal is causing extreme instablility throughout the world. Her book World On Fire points out the many instances in history and in the present globalization push where ethnic and capitalist minorities have and are dominating many nations and regions at the expense of the areas' majority ethnic groups. I reviewed it in Ban This Book! It is definitely an eye-opener.
And I agree that democracies, especially socialist democracies, are the better forms of government. But government forced upon and installed by an exterior agent (not to mention one as hated among Muslim countries as the United States and the West) is a seed sure to yield contaminated fruit.
posted by
saul_relative
on January 23, 2005 at 8:08 AM
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beachbelle, yes what you say is true. But it protects us. And if you cnsi
der the alternative; There will be worse wars without it!
posted by
kingmi
on January 23, 2005 at 8:05 AM
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beach, thanks
posted by
kingmi
on January 23, 2005 at 8:04 AM
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billycargo,Thank you.
Hey at least they will have the wealth distributed so they can establish some market rules. they won't wind up like SA with all the wealth in the hands of one or two families.
posted by
kingmi
on January 23, 2005 at 8:04 AM
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if only there were more of it... freedom in the world is a mighty aim but the attempts to attain that come at huge cost. The risk is that there will more and worse wars
posted by
beachbelle
on January 23, 2005 at 2:20 AM
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Indeed changing leadership is good for countries.
posted by
beachbelle
on January 23, 2005 at 2:16 AM
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Kingmi I wish them all the best. Currently there is nothing in the ME
for them to export except oil. From stuff I saw in Iraq it was obvious they don't have high production standards but that could have been a result of Saddam...just like the Soviets produced a lot of junky stuff, including their space station.
posted by
FreeManWalking
on January 23, 2005 at 1:37 AM
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