Mohamed Elgjini, 16 April 2008

on Still Need for Active Democratisation in Iraq, by Loay Mudhoon

Well there is too much wishy washy claim regarding the democratisation of the Middle East. Except in Iraq the invasion has ridden the Iraqis of Saddam only to be substituted by Saddams in plural. How many Saddams are now in Iraq? As i have commented long time ago on the same topic, that genuine democracy in the Middle East will be conducive ultimately to the rise of persona non grata. And that very outcome is not acceptable by the preacher of democracy under the pretext that the Middle East is either unprepared for democracy or has misunderstood it. And the idea of a domino theory has only resulted in total chaos. The neocons have tried to shake the old status quo according to the Pax americana vision of the world only to find themselves violating the main stay of the democratic values that they were eager to spread through out the Middle East. Abu Ghreib, Guatanamo and the list is too long to mention, are a clear indication of what kind of democracy the Americans wants to see taking place in the Middle East.
As the saying goes: the devil we know is better than that we don't know. This constitutes the very dilemma of democracy.

Mohamed Elgjini