| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - The Middle East is a deeply troubled region, and I simply do not think democracy can work there barring very unusual circumstances (Israel has an enormous ???Western??? cultural influence, and Turkey is ??? IIRC, I???m no expert??? propped up by the military in an un-democratic-ish way.) So while we might depose one tyrant, like Saddam or Qadafi (sp?), I see little hope of preventing another just
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