tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post8306229659582061151..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Liberty Visits the Middle EastUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-35047208521504328432011-01-29T16:25:41.074-05:002011-01-29T16:25:41.074-05:00Now the commentariat is babbling about gas prices....Now the commentariat is babbling about gas prices. It's all about us. Some people must be kept poor so that we can stay rich, the old devil's bargain of global capitalism.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-50313023622946990892011-01-29T15:07:14.762-05:002011-01-29T15:07:14.762-05:00The answer to the problems of democracy, is ALWAYS...The answer to the problems of democracy, is ALWAYS <i>more democracy</i> (which ALWAYS includes <b>universal human rights</b>).<br /><br />When we fear an outcome like (1978-79) Iran's, what we properly fear is the <i>lack</i> of democracy that resulted from the overthrow of the despotic Shah, not the overthrow itself.<br /><br />May democracy prevail in Egypt, in the Mideast, EVERYWHERE!JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-458674243089702652011-01-29T10:25:55.251-05:002011-01-29T10:25:55.251-05:00And what I thought coming after 1989 was the doom ...And what I thought coming after 1989 was the doom of dozens of petty Dictators who had no longer any Super Powers to black-mail for arms and mone... <br /><br />How wrong I was! <br /><br />It has taken until now for some of them to crumble... And good riddance!Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.com