On 2008-02-10 00:58:10 -0500, Marty said:

Now the US has a God-given mandate to "democratize" the planet.

Cheers
Marty

Sorry, but though I may disagree with many/most "US" mandates, the few
times that un-representative (the US is a republic, not a democracy)
governments have advanced individual initiative are all due to the
despot being a "really good guy": less interested in accumulating
personal power and money than actually advancing the rest of the
country. They might have been more comfortable in established republics.

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