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sspiderjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 12:32 PM Original message |
Is it true that there is not one democratic Arab nation? Why not? |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Iran used to be one |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 12:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. no it`s Aryan! |
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AntiCoup2K4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 06:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. Tell that to a Neo-Nazi |
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T Roosevelt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't think it's an "Arab" mindset |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. Iran is not an "Arab" nation, but they are Muslim |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. Algeria held Presidential elections yesterday. |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. Pakistan used to be before the coup -- they even had a female PM. |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. What business is it of ours how other countries run themselves? |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think Turkey is held up as a model |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 01:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Turkey is a repressive nation. |
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KC21304 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 01:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I was going to say Turkey, and there are some mighty frightening |
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hel (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 03:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Turkey is not an Arab Nation |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. Choose one: poverty, colonialism, traditionalism |
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hel (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 03:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Oil money is the answer |
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sspiderjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. Thanks for the replies |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 03:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. FIRST realize |
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WinningDoubt (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. Because you can't abuse your women and indoctrinate your kids |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 04:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. There's plenty of spousal abuse here in the states. |
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WinningDoubt (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 05:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I can't even begin to compare America to Arab rule |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 05:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. You can't compare the taliban with Iraq. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 05:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. A Republic to "eliminate the tyranny of the majority" ? |
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WinningDoubt (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 05:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. You have to follow the rules |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 06:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Which flavor Kool-aid was that you drank? |
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WinningDoubt (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 06:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. It was Liberal Kool-aid |
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anakie (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 06:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. why aren't you over in Iraq then? |
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EdGy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. the US destroyed every secular nationalist movement in the Arab world |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
23. Many tried to be democracies, but in case you haven't noticed, as soon as |
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brokensymmetry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 06:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Are there ANY democratic nations? |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 06:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. I don't believe democracy is functional any more than capitalism or |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. There are a few, although their idea of "democracy" |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-10-04 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
31. FIRST - one has to define Democracy - the US isn't a prime example ! |
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