U.S. Says It Did Not Carry Out Plans to Back Iraqis in Elect

mkpdavies · 18-07-2005, 05:22 AM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...071701046.html

Quote:

President Bush authorized covert plans last year to support the election campaigns of Iraqis with close ties to the White House, but government and intelligence officials said yesterday the plan was scrapped before the January vote.

Yeah right.

Wouldn't want those pesky Iraqi's getting a non US approved government. Democracy is great, as long as it's subservient to the the USA.

This stinks. All this rubbish about installing democracy in the Middle East is ballona. Puppet regimes is what it is all about, why don't they just be honest about it.

Richard · 18-07-2005, 11:37 AM

Puppet government to control oil, however hard they try and deny it. Democracy in the Middle East will not work yet. Democracy only works when all sides are seen as equal and valid. The Middle East politicians will not accept that for a long time, same as some African countries. Democracy must be wanted by the people, nurtured by the people and protected by the people. Not politicians or governments. Makes a sad outlook for our own so called 'democracy'.

Tom Collier · 18-07-2005, 08:06 PM

Amazing. Completely contradicting what the war was supposedly for. And they didn`t even manage to keep it covert. Another propoganda coup for the rebels. If they were not still there the Iraqi govt MIGHT have a chance to claim some legitimacy.

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18-07-2005, 11:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
Richard Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Gloucester Posts: 168	Puppet government to control oil, however hard they try and deny it. Democracy in the Middle East will not work yet. Democracy only works when all sides are seen as equal and valid. The Middle East politicians will not accept that for a long time, same as some African countries. Democracy must be wanted by the people, nurtured by the people and protected by the people. Not politicians or governments. Makes a sad outlook for our own so called 'democracy'.

18-07-2005, 08:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tom Collier Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 359	Amazing. Completely contradicting what the war was supposedly for. And they didn`t even manage to keep it covert. Another propoganda coup for the rebels. If they were not still there the Iraqi govt MIGHT have a chance to claim some legitimacy.