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Originally posted by Herman
Go ahead and try. If you can't accept democracy, you shouldn't be living in one. Move to Iran.
Originally posted by iceofspades
Originally posted by Herman
Go ahead and try. If you can't accept democracy, you shouldn't be living in one. Move to Iran.
That's quite a twist on my words, don't you think? I think democracy is just peachy but when a leader leads his people into a war without their consent as their children die in his name for a cause which never had any merit, it tends to be a little hard to support him as legitimate.
Originally posted by Herman
Democracy is when the majority of people vote, they generally get what they wanted. That seems crewl, so in America we have a representative democracy. I think you know what that is. Bush had the people's consent to go into Iraq. Maybe not all the people's, but most of them. He had most of the congressmen, senators, and other politicians consent. After we realized Saddam may not have had WMD's, that's when everyone turned on him.
Originally posted by iceofspades
Originally posted by Herman
Democracy is when the majority of people vote, they generally get what they wanted. That seems crewl, so in America we have a representative democracy. I think you know what that is. Bush had the people's consent to go into Iraq. Maybe not all the people's, but most of them. He had most of the congressmen, senators, and other politicians consent. After we realized Saddam may not have had WMD's, that's when everyone turned on him.
Agreed, I retain my argument with the removal of 'without our consent'. It is still clear however that a leader has lost all honor and legitimacy when he orders his own people to death for a cause without merit.