Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Quagmire, What Quagmire?
As I said yesterday, George Bush had no idea that when he went to threw out Saddam Hussien so his buds at Haliburton would have something to do, that democracy would break out all over. Amazing that it has, huh?
People in Iraq are protesting terrorist bombings and the government has resigned en masse in Lebanon.
I have traveled too much in this world to too many places that do not have the advantages of democracy, not to understand that people just flat out want what we have. Sure, just like us there are a lot of people that want a nanny state, but most countries have a group of good people that just need an opportunity to make their country a great country. Once those people are given just a slight opening, they will rush through it to make it work.
As Poland, and the failed coup against Gorbachov, was that slight opening for eastern Europe, so our ousting of Saddam Hussien and the subsequent elections are a slight opening for the Middle East. Look out, they are going to rush through faster than we can keep up.
People in Iraq are protesting terrorist bombings and the government has resigned en masse in Lebanon.
I have traveled too much in this world to too many places that do not have the advantages of democracy, not to understand that people just flat out want what we have. Sure, just like us there are a lot of people that want a nanny state, but most countries have a group of good people that just need an opportunity to make their country a great country. Once those people are given just a slight opening, they will rush through it to make it work.
As Poland, and the failed coup against Gorbachov, was that slight opening for eastern Europe, so our ousting of Saddam Hussien and the subsequent elections are a slight opening for the Middle East. Look out, they are going to rush through faster than we can keep up.
