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Originally posted by bilmore
How do you "impose" democracy? At worst, if you're really "imposing" something, they simply vote for the status quo, and you walk away, right?
Or, are they really just incapable of self-rule?
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Tell me if you would believe the following message:
"If you don't hold elections, we will bomb you into oblivion.
"However, if you do hold elections, we want them to be genuine and free and fair. It's okey-dokey with us if you elect someone we consider to be the enemy. Really! We love only democracy -- we are not trying to tell you who to elect."
To me, threatening a country with nuclear annihilation if they don't hold elections just maybe suggests you are willing to interfere with the political process.
And, of course, what if you find that the election was tampered with (like, say, Marcos in the Philippines.) Do you nuke the country then? Or only if you decide you don't like the beneficiary of the tampering?
