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Maybe democracy isn't for everyone
Reader comment on item: Bush the Radical
Submitted by Miriam Edelstein (United States), Nov 12, 2003 at 21:13
Your appraisal of Bush's approach is hopeful. Yes, it will be an interesting ride, but a scary one too.One thing worries me: How does one make a people democratic where there is absolutely no history of democracy and where they seem to prefer a dictatorship? Maybe they don't want democracy. Maybe democracy is not for everyone...
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| Soros has the Right to Speak - a Right He Would Not Have Had Under Fascism or Communism [169 words] | Ken Wels | Feb 20, 2004 16:22 | 13952 | ||
 The Anti-Jewish George Soros - the non-Kosher man [1519 words] | Sally | Nov 3, 2021 12:46 | 13952 | ||
| When Values of Governmental Control are Compromised [287 words] | M Tovey | Nov 3, 2021 19:37 | 13952 | ||
| Liberal Wash Post endangers lives of families [120 words] | Zee | Apr 21, 2022 13:14 | 13952 | ||
| Radicalism in America Knows No Allegiance to Republicanism Nor Democratic Socialism - Only Anarchy [174 words] | M Tovey | Apr 21, 2022 22:29 | 13952 | ||
| so why does he [11 words] | rndm | Jan 22, 2004 09:52 | 13488 | ||
| Democracy is it for everyone? [71 words] | Phill McCrevis | Jan 6, 2004 11:29 | 13162 | ||
| only so far [254 words] | Laura Maizels | Jan 5, 2004 01:51 | 13103 | ||
| british mandate of palestine [27 words] | dawoud | Apr 20, 2006 10:38 | 13103 | ||
| 1 | he doesnt know what he is talking about [38 words] | b ben | Jan 18, 2011 12:54 | 13103 | |
| 1 | Who gave the British right to divide Palestine? Here is an answer for the Islamists. [316 words] | Prashant | Apr 22, 2022 15:48 | 13103 | |
| Why not a constitutional republic? [55 words] | Scott Ingersoll | Dec 6, 2003 14:37 | 12508 | ||
| The Law of Unintended Consequences [232 words] | Robert H. Stern | Dec 1, 2003 16:55 | 12404 | ||
| Bush Is a Hero [144 words] | Rachelle Stern | Dec 1, 2003 12:40 | 12401 | ||
| Without Bush's ideals and actions, the world would be in trouble.... [269 words] | TJ | Sep 12, 2006 21:46 | 12401 | ||
| Bush is definitely a hero [269 words] | TJ | Sep 13, 2006 18:41 | 12401 | ||
| American [13 words] | evan | Dec 1, 2006 17:58 | 12401 | ||
| evan and Canada, the unfriendly neighbor [76 words] | Infidel | Dec 1, 2006 20:19 | 12401 | ||
| Do you know what a hero is? [264 words] | cesare | Nov 19, 2007 04:44 | 12401 | ||
| World without the likes of Bush is a dangerous place [97 words] | Swaroop Bhide | Dec 31, 2008 02:00 | 12401 | ||
| I wonder what China thinks of Democracy the world over? [150 words] | drsanto | Nov 23, 2003 09:49 | 12272 | ||
| Why is it? [184 words] | Curtis Graham | Nov 18, 2003 15:14 | 12211 | ||
| Bush tells it like it is! [51 words] | Kris | Nov 18, 2003 09:42 | 12208 | ||
| Good Summary of a great speech [33 words] | Stephen J. Kohn | Nov 18, 2003 01:27 | 12207 | ||
| 1 | "Interesting Ride" May Be Long [242 words] | Mike Ramirez | Nov 17, 2003 18:02 | 12204 | |
| Bush and Arabs [210 words] | Kathyrn Watson | Nov 16, 2003 13:03 | 12199 | ||
| Good Perspective [69 words] | A. Ramey | Nov 15, 2003 19:47 | 12196 | ||
| Promote democracy, but defeat terrorists first. [193 words] | Raymond Kyle | Nov 15, 2003 14:34 | 12195 | ||
| Do not forget the Cold War [58 words] | Steve Farina | Nov 15, 2003 07:44 | 12193 | ||
| Bush the great leader [61 words] | Lahdo | Nov 14, 2003 22:56 | 12187 | ||
| If ever there was a reason to reelect the President [34 words] | Gary Mirkin | Nov 14, 2003 21:48 | 12186 | ||
| More rhetoric, less action [164 words] | Herschel Epstein | Nov 14, 2003 11:27 | 12181 | ||
| Free speech before executive democratic power [71 words] | Tom Grey | Nov 14, 2003 08:55 | 12180 | ||
| Could George Bush really have a soul for American casualties? [241 words] | Lee Kaplan | Nov 14, 2003 00:13 | 12176 | ||
| I too was floored [32 words] | Greg Pruent | Nov 13, 2003 22:34 | 12175 | ||
| Exactly! [337 words] | Ruth Lowry | Nov 13, 2003 17:53 | 12171 | ||
| The Tyranny of Fundamentalist Islam [220 words] | David J. Bastyr | Nov 13, 2003 10:15 | 12168 | ||
| Thank you [15 words] | Dr Wm Clayton | Nov 13, 2003 10:15 | 12167 | ||
| Bush Steps in the Right Direction [131 words] | John Glueck | Nov 13, 2003 00:10 | 12166 | ||
| You Really Put It Together on President Bush [142 words] | William Kinney | Nov 13, 2003 00:05 | 12165 | ||
| Radical, daring but dangerous [163 words] | Enid Horowitz | Nov 12, 2003 23:56 | 12164 | ||
| Too True [23 words] | Lucas J. Meyer | Nov 12, 2003 23:16 | 12163 | ||
 Maybe democracy isn't for everyone [56 words] | Miriam Edelstein | Nov 12, 2003 21:13 | 12162 | ||
| Still, a quagmire is possible [281 words] | Peter J. Herz | Nov 12, 2003 20:44 | 12161 | ||
| The time to act is now [111 words] | Laura Maizels | Nov 12, 2003 20:17 | 12160 | ||
| George Bush vs. George Soros [71 words] | Sylvia | Nov 12, 2003 18:51 | 12159 | ||
| A breath of fresh air! [70 words] | John Sager | Nov 12, 2003 18:19 | 12158 | ||
| An alternative plan? [222 words] | Gary Kardon | Nov 12, 2003 17:47 | 12157 | ||
| Bush the Visionary [86 words] | Paul M. Neville | Nov 12, 2003 17:44 | 12156 | ||
| Bush the Radical [139 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Irving D. Cohen | Nov 12, 2003 17:16 | 12155 | ||
| Bush is Indeed a Radical [59 words] | Daniel Frishberg | Nov 12, 2003 15:55 | 12154 | ||
| There Already is a Democracy in the Middle East! [95 words] | Avraham | Nov 12, 2003 14:44 | 12152 | ||
| Arab Democracy may be more dangerous [195 words] | Matania Ginosar | Nov 12, 2003 14:14 | 12150 | ||
| The House of Saud R.I.P. [74 words] | david sussman | Nov 12, 2003 13:43 | 12149 | ||
| Bush the Radical [203 words] | Lori-Ann Bernath | Nov 12, 2003 11:51 | 12145 | ||
| With such vision, why so much bungling? [36 words] | Rob L | Nov 12, 2003 11:47 | 12144 | ||
| RESPONSE TO "RADICAL BUSH" ARTICLE [63 words] | R.S. GANDINI | Nov 12, 2003 11:17 | 12143 | ||
| A very important speech [53 words] | Stephen | Nov 12, 2003 11:17 | 12142 | ||
| "Bush the Radical" [167 words] | Elizabeth Coote | Nov 12, 2003 10:55 | 12141 | ||
| Bush's "Radical" Speech [123 words] | R. Dienstman | Nov 12, 2003 10:53 | 12140 | ||
| My kind of radical [108 words] | Charles Deputy | Nov 12, 2003 10:06 | 12136 | ||
| Dr. Pipes the Teacher [260 words] | Arlinda DeAngelis | Nov 12, 2003 09:49 | 12135 | ||
| Jeffersonian Leadership? [151 words] | OLd Possum | Nov 12, 2003 09:40 | 12134 | ||
| Ideas? Human Defined: Earth's Choicemaker [354 words] | James Fletcher Baxter | Nov 12, 2003 09:31 | 12131 | ||
| 2 | Not everyone wants the American way of life! [203 words] | Babatunde K. Abdullah | Nov 12, 2003 09:22 | 12129 | |
| Easy Words, Easily Spoken [312 words] | Terry Quirin | Nov 12, 2003 09:07 | 12128 | ||
| Fortitude required [78 words] | A. Yanover | Nov 12, 2003 08:52 | 12126 | ||
| Best article I have read on Bush... [73 words] | Rotchy Barker | Nov 12, 2003 08:31 | 12125 | ||
| Finally, A True Public Servant [66 words] | Kimberly Ferguson | Nov 12, 2003 07:21 | 12124 |
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