"Bob Crantz" wrote
Democracy in the Middle East may be a backfiring policy. Palestine has
backfired. Will Iraq backfire too? Warring, theological tribalism is the
culture of the people.

Already has! Saddam's dictatorship and fundamentaist Islam, such as al Qaeda,
were mortal enemies. Fundy Islamists perp'ed 9/11. In response Blundering Bush
toppled Saddam and replaced his stable dictatorship with a fundy Islamic
"democracy" like Iran's. Go figure ....