On Sep 14, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
> Because when Islam and democracy are "re-conciliated" in Muslim OPEC
> countries it will be harder for the US to bomb away the whole Middle
> East.
Iran is more democratic than Saudi Arabia or Egypt - and which is the U.S. more likely to bomb? Venezuela is highly democratic and the U.S. would love nothing more than to shoot Chavez and reverse his policies. Etc. The U.S. doesn't give a damn about democracy if the electorate is making decisions it doesn't like.
> That is also likely to strengthen alliances between Middle East
> countries and The EU, across the Mediterranean sea, which will
> improve the economic position of the EU and lessen the likeliness of
> US rogue activities in that area too.
I doubt that democracy makes all that much difference to the EU. They're just as money-grubbing as Americans, only not quite as good at it.
Doug