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"I don't understand this belief that democracy is the ULTIMATE form of government. Isn't it a little arrogant to think that the way YOU do things is the BEST way to do things."


I do agree with you, my comment about conversion was a little tongue in cheek. I think that new forms of government (and economics) must be born from a people, not given/imposed on them.

What I wanted to emphasize more with my post was the that the U.S. should have made more effort in an "Act of Goodwill" in helping to rebuild Afghanistan. I think that that type of activity would have done much more good (especially for our reputation) than any military. It seems that it is our capitalistic/controling reputation that does us the most damage there.