"Europe was democratic before facism. The Middle East has never been democratic."
Germany, the Eastern European countries and Japan had never been democratic.
"Why are we worrying about democratizing people who have done nothing to gain it for themselves?"
Because if those countries are democratic, safe and prosperous won't export hate and terrorism, but democracy, hope and prosperity. It is the one way to win the war on terror.
"Germany, the Eastern European countries and Japan had never been democratic."
Sorry, I meant Germany wasn't a stable democracy before Hitler. After WWII, most people though democracy was impossible in Germany and Japan. During the Cold War, they said the same about the Eastern European countries.
Last I checked, Japan wasn't part of Europe.
Hitler was ELECTED, in case you hadn't heard. Germany was democratic and had a history of democracy, albeit with a monarchy attached, long before Nazism raised it's head.
Germany is also a Christian nation with a Western culture. Iran, Iraq, Syria -- not Christian, anti-Western culture.
Do you honestly believe "free" Muslims will become our allies? Bush was right when he called this a Crusade after 9/11. Since then he's lost his way and fallen into this save the Muslims from themselves nonsense.
The Palestinians have the vote. Who did they vote for? Arafat. Did the bus bombings stop once the Palestinians got to vote? Hell, no.
Where are the freedom fighters in the Arab world? If you know of any, I say we arm them to the teeth. (Of course, we did that with the Taliban and see what it got us.)