11-07-2006, 12:18 PM
Well in Iraq one of the reasons that the president gave for going there was to establish a democracy with the greater goal of helping to democratize the reason. In the beginning the Bush Administration believed that they would be able to do so and that they would be greeted as liberators.
Unfortunately establishing a democracy is not as simple as just removing the dictatorship that preceded it. Our leadership flat out failed (or didn't want to) to appreciate the complexities and difficulties inherent in trying to create a democracy in Iraq.
The ease with which a democratic government can be created in a country is directly reliant on the overall values and politic beliefs of the people living there. When you have competing religious groups that are prone to violence against each other and a soceity that is not at a point where key democratic ideals are firmly engrained in the populace you're going to have a hell of a time establishing a democracy. Especially when we made a mistake of not controlling the security situation early on.
Unfortunately establishing a democracy is not as simple as just removing the dictatorship that preceded it. Our leadership flat out failed (or didn't want to) to appreciate the complexities and difficulties inherent in trying to create a democracy in Iraq.
The ease with which a democratic government can be created in a country is directly reliant on the overall values and politic beliefs of the people living there. When you have competing religious groups that are prone to violence against each other and a soceity that is not at a point where key democratic ideals are firmly engrained in the populace you're going to have a hell of a time establishing a democracy. Especially when we made a mistake of not controlling the security situation early on.
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