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I don't find it surprising that Iraq is the most skeptical given the kind of democracy that was forced upon them and how the resulting struggle for the disposse
by CrackerNews 4y ago
I don't find it surprising that Iraq is the most skeptical given the kind of democracy that was forced upon them and how the resulting struggle for the dispossessed former ruling minority led to the rise of ISIS.
- hunglee2 4y agoyes of course, almost all Arab 'democracies' have been coerced upon the local population by imperial / neo imperial forces. I would imagine any imposed political system would be rejected on principle by any people who do not accept total subjugation, the oxymoronic demand that democracy advocates seem to be making