8. "RE: I wouldn't call it The West vs. Islam" In response to In response to 7
>The new Iraqi givernment dominated by the Shiites want to be >followed by Islamic law.
I don't thinks that's a given. Right now, they have a coalition with the Kurds. It could happen though, we'll see.
Is right for us to say they >shouldn't?
If that's what they chose, we have to step out. A govenment can have Islam at it's base and still be democratic.
>Democracy what we want in the middle east >or end of terrorism. I feel that one is not neccesarily >synonomis with the other.
We want the end of terrorism, and we're hoping that Democracy will get us there. It might work, it might not.
However, like I said, I think that once a country becomes democratic, it's not a closed society anymore, thus one of the main factors that lead people to embrace terrorism is gone. ------------------------------
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