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in response to reader comment: Are you aware that Lebanon is a democracy in the MiddleEast, not just Israel?

Submitted by Ianus (Poland), Oct 23, 2011 at 14:09

BB King :

> This statement is wrong. Lebanon is in the ME and is a democracy. To be more precise Lebanon follows the parliamentary system of government.<

I am not sure if you can distinguish between form and contents. As to its content Lebenon is in a state of a cold civil war.It is an artificial mafia-like state divided by different sectarian and criminal power groups coming mainly from the supremacist Moslem majority which as such can by no means acquiesce in equality before law for a Moslem and a kafir. This runs counter to ALL Islam stands for. As each sect and gang retains its militia it is next to impossible to enforce law on everybody except the weakest part.

Furthermore, Lebenon is a country that can neither guarantee internal security for its citizens (the Palestinian refugee camps and Hezbollah are two archetypes for endemic crime and hereditary terrorism) or from overt and covert interference from abroad, notably from Syria that considers Lebanon as its puppet state and an ideal outpost against Israel.

To make a long argument short, are you really serious about calling this state ripening for another civil war a "democracy" because it has apparently some democratic forms , yet without having any democratic content? If there is any "democracy" in Lebanon, then the same sort we saw in Gazastan and the West Bank with ganster-politicians relying on their militia and bribes to buy and/or extort votes for themselves by force.And they even made voting for males compulsory which means you have no right to say "No" to this Oriental parody of democracy !

There is no democracy and in principle there can be no democracy in any Muslim-majority country!

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2Tragic event [30 words]LoraOct 27, 2011 08:43190446
3democracy in the arab world [57 words]swapnilOct 26, 2011 10:31190412
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3Qaddafi's Ignominious end [135 words]Nenette GrunbergOct 21, 2011 10:50190245
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8What about directing worldwide jihad against China ? [192 words]IanusOct 21, 2011 18:21190238
2China's "Muslim Problem" doesn't need US manipulation [542 words]Kepha HorOct 21, 2011 23:17190238
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1You have a point there [122 words]car313Oct 22, 2011 05:31190238
4Why another enemy? The old one is still there. [596 words]IanusOct 23, 2011 15:01190238
4Spectators,not actors [326 words]IanusOct 23, 2011 16:18190238
3How to profit from meddling with China's "Islamic problem" ? [716 words]IanusOct 23, 2011 18:46190238
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11Chechens were Christians. [644 words]IanusOct 29, 2011 12:38190238
3Ever heard a Moslem blame Islam for anything ? [889 words]IanusOct 29, 2011 19:26190238
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1Have I ever heard a Muslim blame Islam for anything? [199 words]Kepha HorNov 3, 2011 21:43190238
1A quibble [83 words]Kepha HorNov 3, 2011 21:48190238
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1What Will You Fight For, Indeed, America? [580 words]M. ToveyNov 7, 2011 18:04190238
Ok, Ok, [485 words]Kepha HorNov 7, 2011 21:48190238
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3Maybe... [452 words]IanusNov 20, 2011 15:20190238
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2Are you aware that Lebanon is a democracy in the MiddleEast, not just Israel? [71 words]BB KingOct 21, 2011 22:46190212
4Mixing up form and content [285 words]IanusOct 23, 2011 14:09190212
2Disagree [83 words]BB KingOct 23, 2011 20:20190212
4What content does 'confessionalism form of government' convey in real life ? Theocratic pluralism ? [622 words]IanusOct 25, 2011 02:50190212
2Wrong Precedent to Establish Democracy [124 words]BB KingOct 25, 2011 20:47190212
4Not so wrong as you think [661 words]IanusOct 26, 2011 19:03190212
4Answer [66 words]BB KingOct 26, 2011 23:25190212
4Unsatisfactory answer [411 words]IanusOct 28, 2011 07:48190212
2Set in your mindset [175 words]BB KingOct 28, 2011 22:13190212
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1Thanks, Prashant [33 words]Peter HerzNov 3, 2011 21:50190212
1Thanks for the moral support... [35 words]Peter HerzNov 3, 2011 21:54190212
2Freedom of Religion in Lebanon [240 words]BB KingNov 6, 2011 17:43190212
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