Nation Building 101

Torrere · 04-04-2004, 11:45 PM

You know, I had written half of a post (from the standpoint of a disgruntled young man) complaining that, although we have the right to vote, it doesn't do all that much for us. We still get people like Bush.

Yet -- this shows me that I was wrong. There is great benefit to our political system. Without having the elections in November, it's quite possible that we wouldn't be pulling out of an unpopular war. Since we've spent so much time screwing everything up, I don't see how staying would help us much -- and I think that Bush would have kept us there.

There are times for nation building, but we've shown that we can't do it. If we can't bring peaceful, stable democracy to Haiti, whatinthehell are we doing trying to install it in Iraq?

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04-04-2004, 11:45 PM	#5
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	You know, I had written half of a post (from the standpoint of a disgruntled young man) complaining that, although we have the right to vote, it doesn't do all that much for us. We still get people like Bush. Yet -- this shows me that I was wrong. There is great benefit to our political system. Without having the elections in November, it's quite possible that we wouldn't be pulling out of an unpopular war. Since we've spent so much time screwing everything up, I don't see how staying would help us much -- and I think that Bush would have kept us there. There are times for nation building, but we've shown that we can't do it. If we can't bring peaceful, stable democracy to Haiti, whatinthehell are we doing trying to install it in Iraq?

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