The Development of Democratic Institutions in Arab Culture

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Jaguara - I will be the first to acknowledge that mistakes were made in the Iraqi intervention - many, many mistakes. That goes without saying. However, I also believe that many of those mistakes were based on the assumption that the Iraqis would step up and act in a reasonable, responsible, and civilized manner.

My only point throughout the exchange with Hax is that the Arabs should be held accountable for at least a portion of their problems. The victim mentality first eluded to by Louis masks deeper societal problems that have little to do with the West.

As I said before, the Eastern Libyans have somehow managed the impossible and garnered not only complete international support for their insurrection but also Western military backing. The only thing standing in their way are their own countrymen, who, amazingly, are willing to stand up to some of the most advanced militaries in the world to keep Gadaffi in power. This is nothing new to students of the Arab world.

Pure racist emotional drivel, you probably don't realise it yet, but yes they can and do. You make very sweeping, and false generalizations, yet back nothing up. Their Culture which one sweety? the tunisian? or the egyptian? or the other 20 other arab countries?

Hello Leet Eriksson. The emotional hyperbole seems to be coming strictly from your keyboard.

Culture can be scaled up and down the throughout full spectrum of human subsets, from one family to the entire race. Arab culture has been identified as having specific elements that distinguish it from others. The fact that there are subcultures within the larger Arab culture does not render it useless as an identifier.