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Old 01-29-2007, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by eurobounce
Why cant both be in power?
they have been enemies for a thousand or so years. they just happen to live in the same country...and they're tearing it apart. and until one takes control, things will continue as they are.

see, unlike our two party system--they can't just vote and move on. we still all have pretty much the same ideology. we all believe in our system of checks and balances. we all have faith in our democratic republic. and keep in mind it's taken us many years to get where we are--a lot of growing pains along the way. it wasn't like we fought the brits and then snuggled up together for the next 210 years. we've packed a goodly portion of battles and civil war into our brief history...
a democracy is not easily won. our biggest mistake was thinking we could have instant success over there. remove saddam, boom democracy. isn't going to happen overnight.
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