Judaism not a democracy

Submitted by scottindallas (United States), Jun 5, 2012 at 22:14

Nor was Christianity or Judaism. But, Islam DOES have a principle that the Caliph still must be supported by the people. Regardless Jefferson's analysis is true for all time, before and after he wrote that gov't get's it's authority from the consent of the governed. The Arab Spring has proven that.

You know that our drones are killing women and children all the time. The dictators that we're supporting in Bahrain, where the 5th fleet is stationed, the King leveled whole mosques. For some (self serving) reason, not much has been made of this in the US media.

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