There’s no democracy in Iraq, democracy is moving slower than a slow turtle, and Christians are being killed, no one cares about them, no one protects them.

IT IS THEIR RIGHT. PERIOD!

Refugees are citizens of their countries and many of them WANT to go HOME if they are safe.
Of course they should VOTE!!

I still support the troops and their families by donating to numerous groups like OPERATION SHOEBOX and WOUNDED WARRIOR. We even have soldiers and Marines in the family( they just have a different religion).

Nevertheless, YOU have NO right to call any person an idiot unless YOU are one.

Got it? If not take a hike.

Part of many conservatives’ fascination with democratic elections may come from their experience with the Communists and Fascists, who of course didn’t allow elections, and we criticized them for that. There can be successful transitions to democracy, and some countries such as Czechoslovakia, Japan and Germany appear to have accomplished such a transition, at least for now.

But in order to be successful, preconditions must exist such as homogeneity of the population (something that is rapidly diminishing in the US for what it’s worth), a national commitment to enlightened ideals, and a certain level of economic development. Of course the Palestinians (sic), Egyptians and Iraqis don’t meet these conditions, which shows the problem of applying democracy by rote.

Democracy in Europe in the 1920s led to chaos and tragedy. The working classes in Europe after World War I generally had gained the vote, and in many cases voted in Socialist and other leftist groups which had terrible economic consequences (e.g. England Germany and France) helping to create the Great Depression, due to the overextension of economic resources needed to appease these new constituencies; kind of llke what is happening here.

But splitting up a country by nationalities can also lead to chaos. Wilson was responsible for granting self-determination to many nationalities after World War I, and this led to complete chaos, and massive resentments that helped fuel World War II. The breakup of Canada into French and English countries would not be a positive step.

Sometimes a benign dictatorship may be the best measure on a temporary basis to help achieve a transition from dictatorship to democracy.