Let's get the facts straight:
1. Turkey became a democracy on it's own under the leadership of Ataturk -- no Americans were involved.
2. The current Iraq was created by the British, French and some American input after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. It's a Western invention--and like Sudan, a horrible misunderstanding of the ethnic groups that make it up.
3. The Kurds, who would like nothing better than to establish their own country (scattered as they are between Turkey, Iran and Iraq) are the ones seeking freedom and democracy, but because of Western alliances, that's unlikely to happen.
Bush, with his total lack of understanding of the dynamics of the Sadam Hussien regime, broke up one of the few countries in that region that was not falling prey to the radical Islamists. Both Shites and Sunni sects have joined the Islamists, we're 2 Trillion dollars in debt, and the current "democracy" will only last as long as American troops enforce it. The realities is that the ne'er do well in the White House has screwed up royally. He's managed to get the wacko Christian Right to support him because he diverts their attention to gay marriage -- hardly a key issue when we're so far in debt that our great grandchildren won't get us out.
I don't even recognize America any more. Whatever happened to our democratic values?
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Let's get the facts straight: 1. Turkey became a democracy on it's own under the leadership of Ataturk -- no Americans were involved. 2. The current Iraq was created by the British, French and some American input after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. It's a Western invention--and like Sudan, a horrible misunderstanding of the ethnic groups that make it up. 3. The Kurds, who would like nothing better than to establish their own country (scattered as they are between Turkey, Iran and Iraq) are the ones seeking freedom and democracy, but because of Western alliances, that's unlikely to happen. Bush, with his total lack of understanding of the dynamics of the Sadam Hussien regime, broke up one of the few countries in that region that was not falling prey to the radical Islamists. Both Shites and Sunni sects have joined the Islamists, we're 2 Trillion dollars in debt, and the current "democracy" will only last as long as American troops enforce it. The realities is that the ne'er do well in the White House has screwed up royally. He's managed to get the wacko Christian Right to support him because he diverts their attention to gay marriage -- hardly a key issue when we're so far in debt that our great grandchildren won't get us out. I don't even recognize America any more. Whatever happened to our democratic values?