what do educated people think of democracy in iraq?

Question

not talking about junior/community/career/colleges only accredited college grads/student should answer.

i think democracy is overrated much like the ny yankees. hitler came to power by democracy and in established democratic states the whole process is a bunch of wack figureheads who are bought and sold by the capitalistic enterprise. whats worse are there are masses of dumb asses who eat up the senseless banter from politicians.

one other thing to consider is that iraq and the middle east in general may not have the same beliefs as us in alot of things including democracy. while having a few wives may be appealing to me, muslims do not like drinking old 40z's and hooking up with bar ho'z. no one is right or wrong just let it be and let these sand g's sort it out because we have more than enough to worry about at home.

Answer 1

You should get an education. Democracy is always a vast improvement over any other system. if you are ridin' with the Sader Crips then you better bail 'cause the wheels are about to fall off.

We don't have the luxury of ignoring despots in the world anymore. Technology has enabled small groups to devastate large populations with little effort. One case in point is the dumb butt with a resistant strain of TB that bypassed the regular flight rules and managed to reenter the country through the Canadian border.
Whether you have the wherewithal to reason or not Islam is a very radicalized religion that fronts as a governing body. It will not abide other religions or your freedom. The time has come to face the world and the truth there not the tripe you are fed in a classroom. Intellectualizing a physical threat is a mistake that you will only make once.

Answer 2

First, Iraq is nor a democracy. It is a Constitutional Republic.

That is what Iraq is all about! Money! Corporate greedy, money grubbers!

At it's best, free enterprise does work. It's biggest failure is that companies get too large, buying up the market, and it really is not free enterprise any longer as you can't compete. There may be a few, but they are rare. Most of the people. 1/2 of wage earners in America, are on the cusp of being poor or live in abject poverty!

The proceeds from oil doesn't go to the government, it goes to a few greedy people, who even complain about raising minimum wage while they are price gouging America!

It seems right now the only government Iraq has is one backed by the US, not the Itaqi's, who seem to be in a civil war. I suspect the jury is out on what kind of government they will have. Hopefully, it will be someone other than a person like Saddam, that we help put into power, like we did the Shaw of Iran!

Answer 3

BS in Econ & MIS, f/SJSU, again.

I don't think that Democracy has much of a chance in Iraq. It's not easy to set up democratic institutions after overthrowing a dictatorship, yourself, even with the commitment and unity that a successful revolution would imply. Doing so by fiat because someone else aced the dictator for you would seem almost impossible (had it not been done before, that is).

But, what's the alternative to some sort of Democracy in Iraq? We could pacify the country, make it into a mere protectorate of some kind, it's people nearly as oppresses as they were under the Ba'athists. We could abandon it to the extremists who are so anxious to rend it to peices with civil war - ulitimately what was left would likely end up a Theocratic Shiite puppet state of Iran. Either of those sound desireable?

Your digression into cultural and moral relativism doesn't help much, either. I suppose you could possit that it's 'natural' for sunni tribesmen and kurds to fight amongst themselves perpetually, and we should just leave them to it. Even if one did accept that logic, there's still other powers that /won't/ leave them to it, such as, again, Iran.

Answer 4

I think that democracy is not working, nor will it work in The Middle East. That idiotic Bush Administration in all its wisdom thought that by forcibly introducing democracy (how ironic), into a society that functioned well under a dictatorship for many generations, they would be saving a nation like a missionary wants to save souls. Ha! Now their hands are full with a civil war. Thousands of people are dead. Imagine that...democracy is killing people by the thousands right now in the Middle East.

My father always said, "Don't try to fix something if it ain't broke".

Answer 5

I don't believe the Iraqi people, or middle eastern Muslims in general have a cultural concept of self-determination. Our modern democracies are built on the Judeo-Christian concept that each person has the right to make their own way in the world (with a few limits, like crime). Muslims believe and do what they are told to believe and do by their Imams and Mullahs. These Mullahs and Imams devote their whole lives to studying the Q'uran. Self-determination is not part of their culture, and it will not become part of their culture as long as they are devout Muslims. The Q'uran obviously teaches that to leave Islam deserves death, whereas there is a fundamental belief in salvation in both the Jewish and Christians religions that almost always is predicated on forgiveness. Without forgiveness, there can be no redemption. I see this as both a cultural problem, as well as a political problem. As an educated Christan, I believe that Muslims should be left to themselves and their own devices. Trying to convert them to another political view is like flogging a dead horse. Their non-acceptance of the possibility of self-determination is the key here.

Answer 6

well, i would have to say if you are posing this question to educated people then you should use proper grammer and speak much more formally. it appears you yourself are not well educated. however, about democracy in iraq i do no feel the type of government is the problem, it is the radical extremists who are causing problems. also your facts about hitler are a bit distorted. he was elected chancellor of germany merely as a "wack figurehead" and then through the burning of the reichstag he made himself dictator. also to comment on the first response there are very good reasons for the anti-american and anti-western sentiment in the middle east, however, the explaination would be incredibly long.

Answer 7

First you must look at the causes of terrorism. The main cause of terrorism is no education, yes the terrorist leaders are highly educated, but their followers are not. It is likely that an Iraqi populace that is free, will be less likely to listen to radical muslims, because with democracy comes education, economic prosperity, and civil liberties. Something the Arab world lacks at the moment, and that is why there is an abundance of Islamic extremists.

Answer 8

Democracy is great, and it should be the ultimate goal. However, Iraq isn't nearly ready for it yet. It takes a reasonably strong economy and a large and growing middle class to be able to support a democracy, otherwise it just leads to a VERY unstable government and nation.

Answer 9

If they wanted Democracy, they would've overthrown the government and put it in place. (Sound familiar?)

I agree with you.

I really have no argument against that.
I have felt this way for a while, but you're going to get the worry bugs who think that they just hate us for no reason.

Enemies are made not born. They were allies during the 'Cold War' but all of a sudden turned. This brings up the question of why?

No one hates someone for nothing. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Will there still be a threat? Yes.
But, there are always murderers and criminals in the world.
Time heals all wounds, so we need to stop pickin' at it.

Answer 10

1st, in reading your post I think you have alot of balls trying to decide who should answer your question. And my college credentials are none of your business.
I have always thought that trying to bring our style of democracy to the Middle East is a fools errand. Though I think they have the capablity of creating their own style suitable to their region.
Your bigotry took any credibility from your question.