Do you believe a democracy can really work in a country of intense hatred based on religious backgrounds?

Question

Shia/Sunni/Kurds have been letting our their aggression for centuries. And not just in Iraq, but all over the Middle East.
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Nope, not the USA. I think the Iraq religious hatred issue is too immeasurable and can't really be compared to the USA.

mopart, you are braindead if you are comparing the struggle in Iraq to the religious struggle of founding the USA.

Answer 1

Yeah as long as you force it on them and stay there to keep forcing it on them.

Answer 2

It worked here didn't it. When the US was first formed we were all some form of Christian. We didn't hate each other nearly as much, but their was some pretty big dislikes. The guy who founded Rhode Island was kicked out of his original colony because he didn't believe the same way as the rest of them. But I would say that the biggest reason that it wouldn't work is because its not their idea. We are just forcing it on them. Tell me, honestly, would you want to do something, even if it was the best idea, if someone was making you do it? If your most hated enemy came into your country and said we are going to make you form a democracy and then showed you all kinds of evidence about how it was the best way, would you do it? No. Your hatred rules out all intelligent thought.

Answer 3

Yes, it will take a lot of time though. Look how long it took us to overcome race issues (atleast to the point we are at now) Its not going to happen overnight, or over 4 years. Change is the biggest cause of fear most times. We have to give them every chance we can, as long as they still call for and believe in that change.
You can't just give up because its hard. I think a lot of liberals wish we lived in a socialist/communist society and do not like capitalism. That si why they don;t see the merit in what we are trying to give the Iraqi people.

Answer 4

They've been doing what they do for centuries. They won't change because we took out their dictator.

We had our first fight with fanatical islam over 200 years ago. We'll probably be fighting them 200 years from know. But, there is history in democracy, everywhere we (US) have been, capitalism prevails! Look at China, Japan, S. Korea, Russia and most of civilized Europe.

Answer 5

Not really. You can't built any type of society with that level of violence and instability. No society can function without order. Iraq is a country that is engulfed in chaos. There's religious fighting, ethnic fighting, mass murder (i.e. bombing), a corrupt police force, weak political leaders, and a degraded infrastructure. You can't have a democracy, or any type of society in an environment like this.

Answer 6

No. Not everyone in the world is enlightened by the thoughts that created western civilization. Democracy is a foreign term to many people who stall walk in the middle ages. Better said, "you don't cast pearls before swine."

Answer 7

I'd say there might be the ghost of a chance in the distant future, if they decide it's what they want. When it's forced on them militarily by insane men who have no respect for it themselves? No.

Answer 8

Yeah it can, but they have to think what is best for all not just them. Whether they can do that or not, time will tell, as now they have at least the chacne to do it!

Answer 9

Yes, there is religious hatred in the united states for decades:

-Church burnings
-david koresh and the branch davidians
-scientology and their lawsuits
-the catholic church and the molesting priests

Answer 10

Sorry, thought you were talking about the USA.

Answer 11

It works ( somewhat )in America. And that is the most bigoted place on earth.