The Choice is Not Tyranny Versus Democracy

Submitted by Richard H. Shulman (United States), Nov 9, 2011 at 12:12

I find Mr. Pipes' analysis gaining in wisdom.

It might help to emphasize the point that there really isn't a choice between tyrants and democracy, at this time, because Islamists have religious principles against democracy. Democracy means majority rule with protection for minority rights. Islamists follow more strictly the basic Islamic repression of people of other religions and of their own women.

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