Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Even "well-informed" Senators don't understand the concept of democracy

"Senator Biden, probably the best-informed member of Congress on Iraq, insists that loose federalism, not partition, is his goal."
Well-informed on Iraq, perhaps, but not well-informed about how democracy works. It doesn't matter whether Biden wants to partition Iraq or create a loose federation. What matters is what the Iraqi people decide. Unless the United States annexes Iraq, what Americans want is irrelevant.

This kind of arrogant, ignorant thinking is typical of American politicians – and Americans in general – who seem to believe that the whole world revolves around the United States and that U.S. interests are the only interests that count.

More later,
Russ

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