Democracy: Can 'wrong' guys win?

[cynatnite]

WASHINGTON - Probably the firmest pillar of President Bush's foreign policy is that the United States supports democracy.

Democracy means elections. His prize example was the Jan. 30 election in Iraq.

But what to do when you hold an election and the wrong guys win? In Lebanon, the Iranian- supported Hizbullah made a strong showing in one stage of the national election last Sunday, which may give it greater representation in the next government. Hizbullah is listed by the State Department as a terrorist organization.

In a recent municipal election on the West Bank, the militant Hamas won control of several towns and offered to deal with Europe and the US. But Hamas is listed as terrorist, too, and the Bush administration has given no sign of willingness to talk.

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[The Doctor.]

1. They weren't the wrong guys...

We had our fingers in all the pies.

(Sure - it's an assumption, but I'm usually right.)

The best way to be sure is to see if we let them take hold of their own oil market...


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Yeah right!

[Deja Q]

3. But this is 'American Pie'. Them holes weren't made by fingers...

And the Clenis is too big for this one! :wow:

[The Doctor.]

4. uuuuughhhhh!

Ya just had to, didn'tcha?

[Jack Rabbit]

2. Often

I'm a 53-year-old Californian who did a slow burn from the time I was 15 until I was in my mid-thirties watching Ronald Reagan win four elections easily and proceed to muck things up.