Iraqi Democracy
Sabrina Tavernise - who has done some excellent reporting from Iraq - posts her latest NYT must read (Qais Mizher - a new name to me - shares the byline). This time she reveals the problematic situation in Basra.
A quote that caught my eye, was this one:
And then there is this:
Ahh ... what a beautiful democracy ... the Republicans must drool in envy regarding the party discipline being enforced by the Iraqi democrats.
A quote that caught my eye, was this one:
"I cannot talk with you," said Sajid Saad Hassan, a professor at Basra University's agriculture college. "I haven't joined a party and no militia is protecting me."
And then there is this:
Qadim al-Muqdadi, a professor in Baghdad University's media college, explained: "Each political party believes he is better than the other at running the country. They don't rely on the power of thought; they rely on the power of the gun and the tribe."
Ahh ... what a beautiful democracy ... the Republicans must drool in envy regarding the party discipline being enforced by the Iraqi democrats.
posted by Macswain at
11:26 AM
1 Comments:
Democracy cannot be just blindly applied to any condition. Like a fine gloss paint on a weathertorn barn, a stipping of the old is first necessary. Simply slapping on democracy's paint won't make it stick. The endemic human condition of warlordism must first be eradicated.
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