WRONG MODEL FOR DEMOCRACY

Remember not too long ago that Bush said that South Korea was the model for Iraq's democracy?

Now he's gone (on record) and saying that Israel is the model for Iraq's democracy!

Um...

Considering the long string of atrocities Israel has perpetrated against the Palestinian people for the last four decades or so since 1948...

I don't think this "pro-Israeli"-democracy model would actually fit Iraq to a T.

Only because we would be asking--no--showcasing a rogue Jewish state in the Middle East whom has shown a complete disregard for human life--no matter what form it takes; and saying: "This is what freedom and democracy is all about!"

Is that what we are trying to tell the Iraqis? That's it okay to kill indiscriminately without human remorse?

I'm certain we all remember the failed attack against Hezbolah last year--where Israel deliberately targeted the civilian population of Lebanon--killing hundreds of people and then turning around and blaming it all on Hezbolah.

If this is the true model for future democracies--in the Middle East anyways--we seriously need to rethink our own democracy as well.

Because we are on the wrong path here.

Schuyler Thorpe

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