----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Pensinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 11:31 AM Subject: Re: Br!n: Re: more neocons > > I think its arguable that many of the mentioned countries, the the > Philippians frex as well as many others (such as Iran) were able to move > away from their dictatorial governments _despite_ the U.S., not because of > its influence.
If this were true, then one should look at countries with less US influence and find a greater percentage of working democracies for longer periods of time than those with greater US influence. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
