Why is democracy such a big deal?

Question

Everyone is talking about how big of a deal it is to push democracy in Iraq, but I don't get it. There are tons of countries around the world that do not have a democracy, yet achieve a great level of peace, stability, and freedom (both economic and personal). The UK is a constitutional monarchy, as is Japan and many other nations. This is just an example.

So why is the US pushing Iraq into doing something most other nations don't even do? The form of government shouldn't really matter if a high-level of freedom and peace.

Answer 1

Anyone who believes we're 'in' Iraq to bring democracy to that strife-torn country is incredibly naive. Democracy isn't any 'big deal', because the Bush administration doesn't give a damn about anything except OIL and WAR PROFITEERING.
The Bush administration lied to Congress, hoodwinked the American people, and conned our valiant U.S. troops into believing there was honorable purpose in attacking another sovereign nation that in no way threatened, provoked or attacked the United States.
So, 675,000 Iraqis and 3,800 U.S. soldiers have sacrificed their lives so a handful of wealthy elitists, industrialists and power brokers can become wealthier and more powerful.
It's the most shameful sham ever perpetrated on the American people.
We will maintain a presence in Iraq for decades - perhaps even generations - until all the OIL is sucked from its sand.
THAT'S WHY we're building the largest U.S. embassy in the world on a 104-acre site in downtown Baghdad overlooking the 'new' Iraqi puppet government installed by the Bush administration;
THAT'S WHY George W. Bush is insisting that the Iraqi Parliament meet his number-one non-military benchmark: surrendering two-thirds of Iraq's OIL fields to private foreign OIL companies, which in effect allows Exxon-Mobil, BP, and other oil giants to steal Iraq's most valuable economic resource. **
THAT'S WHY Halliburton is building fourteen (yes - 14!) new permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq. Halliburton is one of our federal government's largest contractors - a company that was headed by Dick Cheney until he was elected Vice-President;
THAT'S WHY when George H.W. Bush left the Oval Office he joined a new company called the Carlyle Group, which included many prominent Saudi Arabian families as investors. One of those families who invested $2.5 million was a family named binLaden. Today the Carlyle Group is one of our federal government's largest contractors.
-RKO- 09/25/07

Answer 2

Greetings. it is a big deal because it does not exist. we are not a democracy here, we are supposed to be a representative republic, but we aren't that either since we have no representation in the government. they make a big show of bringing democracy to Iraq just as a dog and pony sort of show to try to give justification to the invasion and the war crimes being committed. I do not believe any nation on the planet is actually a democracy. It is like religion. everyone talks about it, but it doesn't actually exist. Just a failed concept. With religion the saying goes. Christianity was not tried and found hard, it was found hard and not tried.

Answer 3

Democracy is the government of freedom and it is the reason why it is being introduced in Iraq.

Answer 4

That's only ever been an excuse- President Bush's administration has never cared about bringing democracy to Iraq. Heck, they can't take it apart here fast enough.