Is a democratic Iraq a threat to Iran, Syria and other islamic extremist governments?

Question

Would freedom loving muslims rise up in revolution against the fanatic extremists, clerics, and regimes that currently have a stranglehold on their countries?

... if the see the the successes and liberties enjoyed by a "free" Iraq.

Answer 1

Of course it is and that's why they are actively promoting terrorism in Iraq and paying bounties for US troops killed.

Answer 2

Just because it's democratic doesn't mean they love freedom. The Congo even has democratic in its name - don't think they're a great fan of free thought over there.

I think the extremists and clerics currently have a pretty tight hold over Iraq - certainly Al Sada has more influence than the government does at the moment.

Answer 3

Look at the headlines and see if the "Clean Break" is working.....

Turn the clock back seven years. On July 8, 1996, Richard Perle, currently a member, and formerly the head of the Defense Policy Board in the Don Rumsfeld Pentagon, delivered a document to the new Israeli Prime Minister, Jabotinskyite Benjamin Netanyahu. Perle, and a team of American neo-cons, had been tasked by Netanyahu—through the Israeli think tank, the Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies (IASPS)—to draft a strategy for abrogating the Oslo Accords and overturning the entire concept of "comprehensive land for peace," in favor of a jackboot policy of U.S.-Israeli-Turkish raw military conquest and occupation.

The short policy memo, which Netanyahu, and his successor-Likud Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, totally adopted as the core strategy of their administrations, spelled out a four-pronged attack on the peace process and the entire Arab world. It has become a self-evident truth that, since the Bush "43" and Sharon governments came into power simultaneously in early 2001, "A Clean Break" has been the guiding strategic doctrine of both—particularly following the irregular warfare attacks on New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001.

The Perle-Wurmser policy document demanded: 1) Destroy Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority, blaming them for every act of Palestinian terrorism, including the attacks from Hamas, an organization which Sharon had helped launch during his early 1980s tenure as Minister of Defense. 2) Induce the United States to overthrow the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq. 3) Launch war against Syria after Saddam's regime is disposed of, including striking Syrian military targets in Lebanon, and targets in Syria proper. 4) Parlay the overthrow of the Ba'athist regimes in Baghdad and Damascus into the "democratization" of the entire Arab world, including through further military actions against Iran, Saudi Arabia, and "the ultimate prize," Egypt.

Answer 4

If Syria were to view the United States as as an example of democracy then of course they would be against Iraq being made into a democracy. After all, this United States democracy attacked a government and destroyed it and it's leader based on deceit and fraudelant charges that Iraq was a threat to this country because of nuclear capability and weapons of mass destruction which as we all know now was made up by the administration.

Answer 5

I would say the oposite of Meridith L, considering that ACLU and the athiest have made it almost illegal to worship anything but the ACLU, I am sure they would protect us from muslim. considering they force theri beleifs on everyone. rukidding I think you really need to re-examine your way of thinking. if we expell all the muslims, who is going to make the donuts, Slurpees and Subway Sandwiches and drive the Taxi's that smell like BO, curry, and Pine air fresheners. We should refuse entry to them by default. All terrorist appear to be muslim. They say they are a piece loving religion yet they say anyone that is not muslim should die. The buddist on the other hand, show they are a piece loving religion. However before we expell the muslims, we need to expel the scientologists.

Answer 6

That is the ultimate threat. Clerics, mullahs, imams and royal families are incredibly powerful and want to keep it that way, so they indoctrinate the gullible.

HelenES: Mind your business and tell your PM as he seems to have the same "misunderstanding". Hypocrite in the Aussie dictionary?

Answer 7

a democratic Irak is a threat to America. why because they could sell oil in Euros again, undermining the petrol dollar backed by the pentagon. they could elect leaders that could be hostile to the west, perhaps elect a theocracy like Iran did after America overthrew its democratically elected government in the 50's so multinationals could make more money. it could sign massive trade deals with China guaranteeing them more oil then say a western country.

America does not really want a democratic Irak, just the facade of democracy.

Answer 8

Any country that gives freedom to its people is a threat to radical Islam. That is the whole point of the mess in Iraq and the reason we are in Afghanistan still.

Answer 9

There will never be a democratic Iraq. It is a country run by tribes who hate each other and only the strong survive. They will never, ever allow free voting. Arabs do not DO democracy. Please tell your president this because he obviously does not understand.

Answer 10

no, I doubt it, they are all too crazy. it would be a nice foothold, but Iraq will always be at risk for being overrun by all the crazies that surround them.