Would you support a secularist coup agains the Iraqi government?
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Question: Would you support a secularist coup agains the Iraqi government?
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #25 on: January 12, 2006, 06:59:13 AM »
"Majority rule" does not equal Democracy. There's more to Democracy than that, ie safeguards for minorities.

(And supporting the fascist coup in Algeria was one of the worst things the west has ever done, by the way.)
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« Reply #26 on: January 12, 2006, 07:24:07 AM »
Quote from: Jake on January 11, 2006, 11:52:19 PM
Why protect the rights of the minority by infringing upon the majority's right to govern?

There is neither a 'right of the minority', nor 'the majority's right to govern', Jake, merely power.
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« Reply #27 on: January 12, 2006, 01:01:39 PM »
No, in part because the only secular movements in Iraq today that oppose the current government are Baathists and maybe a few Communists.
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« Reply #28 on: January 12, 2006, 02:11:46 PM »
Quote from: Senator DanielX on January 12, 2006, 01:01:39 PM
No, in part because the only secular movements in Iraq today that oppose the current government are Baathists and maybe a few Communists.

What about Allawi's party?
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« Reply #29 on: January 12, 2006, 02:58:01 PM »
Quote from: Left of the Dial on January 12, 2006, 02:11:46 PM
Quote from: Senator DanielX on January 12, 2006, 01:01:39 PM
No, in part because the only secular movements in Iraq today that oppose the current government are Baathists and maybe a few Communists.

What about Allawi's party?

I meant oppose violently ; ie willing to engage in a coup d'etat. Sorry if I didn't clarify.
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