[Bahbah]

"Europe was democratic before facism. The Middle East has never been democratic."

A very important point.

[meenie]

Democracy has been oversold as a necessary ingredient for a peaceful world. Democracy brought Hitler to power, was a feature in China before WW II, and Japan had a partiamentary system. A nation reflects the wishes of the common people regardless of the type of government they have. Democracy is a natural phenomona reflecting the wishes of a majority of people within a country.

Our Founders had enough political savvy to realize that democracy had to be harnessed by a Republican form of government based on representatives allocated by area and population. As we have moved away from Republican principles and toward pure majority rule more problems have arisen in our own country. Mob rule is not the end of all problems.