Tuesday, September 18, 2007

A modern day example of paragraph 5 would be Iraq. With the Invasion/Occupation of American forces, there has been a call by mainly Western Societies that Iraq becomes a more industrialized democracy. Political Scientist from all over the world have given there two cents on what is necessary for Iraq to become a full fledge democracy. The problem with democracy, like communism, is it is hard to nurture it from the infancy stage if it does not have three things support of the masses, support of the elites, and some form of cash flow, Iraq lacks two of the three necessary. They lack support of the masses, which is evident through the lack of faith in the govt., the increasing insurgent violence, and a bit downhearted about occupation of American troops.
Iraq is also a nation build on a strong Muslim culture, a culture that is very strict on Social expression. There is a serious conflict when that type culture clashes with an ideology that emphasizes on the freedom of expression. Other Muslim zealot nations are demanding Iraq to remain true its roots This creates a quagmire for Iraq, if they resort back to the oppressive nature of their previous culture, and risk losing the support of the U.S., or do they westernize themselves and risk of losing their culture. There is much to be gained from westernizing, but there is also a lot that can be lost by losing ones culture.

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