MaggieMae
Reality bits
- Apr 3, 2009
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If by Democracy you mean the people electing their leaders.The youth of the middle east want democracy.
They have protested for it in these countries.
You would think Americans would be glad
I wish I could agee.
You underestimate the power of the Koran.
Tocqueville writes in "Democracy in America," that while the Christian faith is fully compatible with democracy, Islam cannot be. Islam "will never long predominate in a cultivated and democratic age, whilst [Christianity] is destined to retain its sway at these as at all other periods" (Part II, First Book, Chapter 5, ¶ 1103).
Then yes, Egyptians have no problem with democracy.
But, they reject the secular style of Democracy and Laws that America and the West has devolve into.
In essence, they want Democratic elections, but their laws still based on Islamic principals and laws.
You mean like Iraq's new secular democracy still based on Islamic principles and laws? I don't think the U.S. can ever succeed in forcing western democracy on other nations, especially in the mideastern region. We just have to accept they are what they are, and we are what we are.