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In reply to the discussion: Hillary the inevitable. [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Did you know that those rising up in the Arab Spring eg, against one of our dictator friends Mubarak (surely you are not claiming the US was supporting DEMOCRACY in Egypt?) stated that they did not WANT 'democracy' as seen in Iraq.
Please, our military interventionism has gotten Democracy a bad name around the globe.
Have you seen Libya lately? A country that once had among the highest living standards in Africa, now looks like Mad Max, thanks to our 'support for democracy'. All their social programs are gone, murder, gang rapes, government collapse, allowing the worst and most brutal thugs to over run the country?
That kind of 'support for democracy'? Seriously, perhaps you don't follow the news of the countries we have invaded to support 'democracy' AFTER we are finished, but many of us do.
I knew people in Europe, BEFORE our 'support for democracy' in Iraq, Libya eg who used to go shopping in those countries. When of them returned to Iraq a few years ago, he was horrified at what had happened to the country.
You go ahead and support our support of some of the world's most cruel dictators in order to support 'democracy' if that is what you believe we are doing.
I prefer reality and I oppose vehemently what have done to those unfortunate people.
The British Empire made similar claims, they were civilizing all those 'savages' in their view. Our military is for DEFENSE. Not to run around the world controlling the resources of other nations. I'd like to know when the Constitution was changed to include our 'foreign adventures'.