From: Adam Flinton 

Jeff Shultz wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:07:32 -0600, John Cuccia wrote:
>
>
>>On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:29:27 -0500, "Gary Wiltshire"

>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>No I don't think that either the troops or the press are vermin.
>>>
>>>Nope just your prejudices and preconceptions about the administration.
>>>Rumsfeld or Bush could walk on water and it wouldn't change your
>>>perceptions one whit.
>>
>>As soon as either one of them does so, let me know.  I promise that I'll
>>re-evaluate my position.
>
>
> Is facilitating a democratic election, without significant violance, in
> Afghanistan close enough?
>
> Think about that... an election...in Afghanistan. Only two years after the
> Taliban are ejected.
>
>
>

It's not the 1st election which makes a democracy, but a second.

Adam

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