Nick Arnett wrote:
My question is this. Has our form of government really changed in the decades
since? Is democracy today fundamentally different from the system under which
we not only permitted, but encouraged and paid for people to cheat, drive
away, torture and murder the native people of this continent? What evidence
would you offer to argue that democracy as it exists today in the United
States will prevent or stop such behavior? How is this thing that we are
exporting by force to Iraq fundamentally different from the system that
allowed atrocities in our own land?
Good questions. Allow me to add a couple more: Why focus on one
particular place of human rights violations (Iraq) and ignore others
(Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan)? Why not follow the proper channels
for action (the UN) when they've proven themselves to work in a less
culturally biased manner over several decades? Is Iraq really worth the
amount of money and soldier's lives that have spent to "democratize" it?
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