why u.s government does not push middle east governments to democracy?
442435
Why they don't want to leave, a lot of people are making a lot of money off this war!! I is like everything Bush tries to do it might sound good at first but it fails!! And Bush refuses to go there and say it is time to get it together!! They never spend enough time their, They try to make it look good with visits for a few hours and are out of there!! As all the press says they are headed for civil war and that will just keep us there longer. The so called Iraq government can't agree on anything over there and it is time for someone to step in and show them and demand it be done,HAven't enough of our troops died for this??
65325
I never accepted Bush's idea that democracies will always be peaceful. Democracies are nice, but don't guarantee a country that follows humanitarian values. Unfortunately, Bush told us that democracies will lead to peace, and creating democracies became his top justification for the war.\nNow perhaps we can get back to reason and realize that what we are after is a world with governments that do not promote violence and terrorism and that support human rights. These governments may or may not be democratic, and we should not act as though democracies are the only form of government capable of producing peace.\nHow will the world react? Probably by further isolating the Hamas and doing what we can to overthrow the government.
775010
hey if Iran can be considered a democracy why can't Israel?
375092
I agree, it's totally inconsistent.  We make a big noise about democracy in the Middle East but then when the Palestinians freely elect a government we don't like, then we try to boycott it.
179764
We may be the cause of a civil war in Iraq.  What the U.S. did was wrong trying to impose our type of government upon others.  Democracy is not for all countries.  Who has killed (or will be killing) more Iraqies?  Saddam or the U.S.(directly or indirectly)\n\nAlso, the U.S. wants democracy yet will not support Palestine's democratic results.  I do not agree with Palestine's point of view but, if they were elected, we have no say in the matter.  Bush wants democract only if the people elect those who Bush wants elected.
1148137
Personly i think that the U.S. is moving slowly toward dictatorship then democracy.....we put more laws on who can't be married, drive, pray, and other things....we take away our civil liberties that we were given at the begining....We don't know what the heck happens in the Mid-East.....Freedom of the Press ya rite that hasen't been around sence like five minutes after it was made....US has never been clean.....we have always stomped on innocent ppl....we are talking care of ppl in the middle east but we can't even take care of the homeless that are still living in our country....democracy i think not.......dictorship...ur darn rite we are moving in that general direction!
304146
Because Hamas wants to destroy Israel.  America wants to support democracy because democracies usually don't support terrorism.  The Palestinians proved to be the exception here.  Just because Hamas wants to destroy Israel does not mean that the United States has to give Hamas money to do so.
296096
I bet u r not the only one asking this question.... As to whether democracy can work in Iraq, what we need to realise is that democracy can't be forced upon ppl. It is a system by the ppl, for the ppl. So, maybe it will. But to really see whether it does or doesn't, we'll have to wait till Iraq is rid of the foreign occupents...
330756
If you travel abroad you soon learn that control of the media and privacy invasion are realities worldwide.  The U.S. remains by far one of the least controlled societies, even if you restrict your list to the so-called Western democracies.\nAnd the U.S. government for all its failings continues to be one of the least corrupt and most open.
111821
For a country in the Middle East, Egypt is actually pretty progressive in their government. Having said that, they lack many of the safeguards present in a modern democracy.\n\nIn theory, there are elections, although many consider them simply a formality with Mubarek controlling them.\n\nAlso, the way the Egyptians treat their religious minorities (the Copts in particular isn't very good).
996981
The US government's foreign policy dictates that democracy be spread around the world.  The World Court did try and hold the US for war crimes.  The US told the world court to 'stick it'.  I believe it was Colin Powell they wanted to try.\n\nIf you don't like democracy.  Good for you.  Just stay out of the US.  Thank you.
26989
Because Israel is the only democratic state in the Middle east.  It is very important that we have democratic allies in that dangerious region of the globe.
336065
there are alot of countries responsible for what has happened in the middle east. Every western nation has had a hand in dividing up the middle east for either religion or oil. Isreal is only the most recent example. If we gave every country in the middle east the support we give Isreal, that would be a very different region today. \n\nThe cultural divide is the only thing I see that has stopped us. For instance, after 9/11 many groups were advocating that we lock up all muslims in the US in concentration camps because they are muslim. The people of the middle east's reaction to this attitude is what is causing the problems. They hate the way we think of them. \n\nWill there be another attack? probably. Will we hear about it? I hope not, but some politician will probably want to reap the political rewards of making us afraid despite what it would do to this country. Thousands of people die in the US every day. Terrorism is the least likely cause, and our government should recognize that.
555739
oh buttercup you are so sweet and naive.\n\ndemocracy is not something that can just be transplanted from one region to the other - it doesn't even work in the states effectively so what kind of expectation was that.\n\nthe allies are in iraq to secure long-term oil interests and maintain political power of the world.
715688
I think you were asking for a reason why people consider the U.S. a "pure" democracy, rather than definitions of that, though they were very informative.\n\nI think that most Americans keep referring to this country's government as a democracy for two reasons:\n\nA) They're brainwashed to do so, from grade school on, continuing with media propaganda, which leaves out all the very NON-democratic aspects of our government in general and especially during the current administration.\n\nB) It makes them feel better about themselves as Americans, somehow morally superior in relation to other governments. It's easier to think that invading other countries is "okay" because the press and your prez tell you that they're "spreading democracy".
541874
iraq has a chance if they let their government run the country without interference fron the religious zealots...by the way..we are not trying to impose democracy on them, we are trying to bring freedom from a tyrant to them..if you think about it..we would have allready been out of there if it wasnt for the fascist terrorists the liberals love making excuses for and trying to appease\niraq has a better educated class of people than most middle east countries and intelligence is a prerequisite for wanting to be free...its only when the religious leaders and civilian leaders and family leaders work in concert to keep their citizens oppressed and out of the loop of information that a society stays behind the world that is succeeding...\nif iraq wqants to come into the 21st century and use information the right way instead of stifling it, then it will eventually become successful
46752
Good point :)\n\nOf course, by "democracy" we usually mean "freedom to vote for the leaders we like". And oh look, Condi Rice cut off aid to the Palestinian government.