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Old 07-17-2007, 12:51 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Katczinsky View Post
Oh, just like voting in Johnson stopped the escalation of the Vietnam War?

Your trust in America's version of democracy is very naive. Perhaps we could not bring functional democracy to Iraq because we do not have it ourselves.
Although I am unsure what you mean by the phrase "functional democracy," the US government surely works as a democratic republic in the sense that the people vote for representatives who, in turn, forge policies.

Would you mind stating why you think the US doesn't have a "functioning democracy"...keeping in mind the fact that the US government, by design, is a democratic republic?