How to Democratize the Middle East

[Odesio]

@Liberal

Well, I’m willing to match mine against yours, if that’s the criterion.

I don’t know what criteria we’re basing this off of. You’re the one who brought up indiginous people so you tell me.

Marc

[Liberal]

I believe you have me confused with Dex.

[Gest]

@Brandus

Seeing as how the entire Arab world loathes George Bush, as seen by them burning effigies of him on the streets,

That’s a mess of burning Bushes.

Can we now pin the blame for global warming on these hundreds of millions of effigy burners rather than North Americans?

[Neurotik]

@Liberal

I believe you have me confused with Dex.

No, you’re the one bringing up indigenous folk. Dex was talking about moving non-indigenous people to new areas.

[Tentacle_Monster]

grienspace: I had the same idea, only I was thinking Wyoming. The Israelis did a great job with the miserable patch of desert that was given to them over there, I’m sure they could turn Wyoming into a place actually worth visiting.

Yes, I did have to drive through Wyoming. Twice. The long way across.

[Ryan_Liam]

@Inigo Montoya

Can’t democratize a tribal culture. It’s a waste of time. Like painting a frsco on a damp plaster wall, it just won’t last.

Kinda like Scotland eh?

[nonpolar]

@Tentacle Monster

grienspace: I had the same idea, only I was thinking Wyoming. The Israelis did a great job with the miserable patch of desert that was given to them over there, I’m sure they could turn Wyoming into a place actually worth visiting.

Yes, I did have to drive through Wyoming. Twice. The long way across.

Any country can make patch of desert green,providing USA taxpayers pay the bill.

[Gest]

Sure but that’s not how the Israelis did it.

[msmith537]

@Brandus

Wouldn’t voting him out of the office sort of prove that that democracy works? If they see a leader they hate deposed of by peaceful means, it would register with them on some level that democracy is better then the monarchies or theocracies they have now.

Why the hell should we vote the way the Middle East thinks we should? That’s not democracy.

@grienspace

To follow up on Dex’spost, I would suggest airlifting the Jews out of Israel into let’s say Nevada so that they could still have their own state would solve the entire Middle East problem, and be a lot cheaper.

Except that you would create the Palestinian problem in Nevada, stupid.

[nonpolar]

@Gest

Sure but that’s not how the Israelis did it.

I don’t want to go off the main OP,but can you enlighten me more please,how did they do it?

[nonpolar]

@Inigo Montoya

Can’t democratize a tribal culture. It’s a waste of time. Like painting a frsco on a damp plaster wall, it just won’t last.

What kind of “Democracy” you talking about .Nobody wants American style Democracy.Real Democracy never existed in the USA.

[Ryan_Liam]

@nonpolar

What kind of “Democracy” you talking about .Nobody wants American style Democracy.Real Democracy never existed in the USA.

Talk about being defeatist. Lets hope not alot of other people are holdong this viewpoint.

[Liberal]

@Ryan_Liam

Talk about being defeatist. Lets hope not alot of other people are holdong this viewpoint.

According the the spokesperson for The People, you’re too late.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5167159&postcount=125

[Miller]

@Tentacle Monster

grienspace: I had the same idea, only I was thinking Wyoming. The Israelis did a great job with the miserable patch of desert that was given to them over there, I’m sure they could turn Wyoming into a place actually worth visiting.

Yes, I did have to drive through Wyoming. Twice. The long way across.

Florida would seem to be the more logical choice.

[Neurotik]

@Tentacle Monster

Yes, I did have to drive through Wyoming. Twice. The long way across.

Which way is the short way across?

[threeorange]

@Neurotik

Which way is the short way across?

In Wyoming, from west to east (or vice versa) is the long way across, from north to south (or vice versa) is the short way across. This is an easy question when the state is perfectly rectangular. I realize this post has absolutely nothing to do with the thread topic, I just wanted to show off my knowledge of rectangles.

[InvidiousCourgette]

@threeorange

In Wyoming, from west to east (or vice versa) is the long way across, from north to south (or vice versa) is the short way across. This is an easy question when the state is perfectly rectangular. I realize this post has absolutely nothing to do with the thread topic, I just wanted to show off my knowledge of rectangles.

Would the long way across not be from the NE corner to the SW one? Or alternatively from the SE to the NW corner? I realize this post has absolutely nothing to do with the thread topic, I just wanted to show off my knowledge of diagonals.