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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 02:48 PM Original message |
Will Iraq REALLY be "the only constitutional democracy in the Arab world"? |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Iraq won't be, either. |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. You forgot to add that women don't |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Yep - reason No. 4 why it's not in any way, shape or form |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. 'constitutional democracy' does not imply any of those things. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. i guess turkey doesn't count because it's part of europe? |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Nope. Turks aren't arabs. nt |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Large parts of Iraq's population aren't arabs either. |
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Nimrod2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. NO - Lebanon is and has been for many years...So is Israel. |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. Bahrain is a Constitutional Monarchy, just like the United Kingdom |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Iran is a Theocratic Republic |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yemen is a Republic |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Oh, and Afghanistan??? (nt) |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. But Iran, while Muslim, is not part of the Arab world |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 03:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. True, they are Persian, not Arab. So replace Iran with Mauritania |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. Egypt is also probably technically a constitutional democracy. |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
16. WOW! Democracy is flourishing in the Mid-East! I guess they all only ... |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. When you start to poke at their bullshit.... |
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