***"To Defeat the Beast, Don't Feed the Beast" | 212 comments (212 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: To Defeat the Beast, Don't Feed the Beast (none / 0)

I expressed myself poorly.

What happened in Algeria as far as I understand it: The generals started a bit of democratization. The people voted for FIS in the first round of elections.
The generals then ended the democratization project.

Now, after a more than a decade of war and hundreds of thousands of deaths, Algeria had elections, that were considered not so bad. Not perfect democracy, but more free and a fair than in many other Arab countries.

by Joerg in Berlin ((joerg.wolf [AT] atlanticreview.org)) on Thu Sep 14th, 2006 at 07:24:13 AM EST
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Re: To Defeat the Beast, Don't Feed the Beast (4.00 / 2)

What would have washed out if the generals had gone forward with democracy in the first place?

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Sep 14th, 2006 at 07:25:23 AM EST
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Re: To Defeat the Beast, Don't Feed the Beast (none / 0)

And when the Generals ended the democratization process, Europe should have stomped its foot and put pressure on them instead of tolerating them because they're protecting us from evil islamists on our doorstep.

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. — Euripides

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Sep 14th, 2006 at 07:25:49 AM EST
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