Re: China: Mandate of heaven?

On May 25, 4:30=A0am, Jim Walsh <jimNOwalsSPA...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Sun, 25 May 2008 08:03:35 +0800, BobLee1964 wrote
> (in article
> <e9e3cf0d-b750-4339-a0df-53b57b78d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> BTW, George Bush says that Iraq is a democracy, but you don't believe
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im,
> >> do you?
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> > I trust and verify. Iraq is a democracy.
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> Weird. How did you "verify" Iraqi democracy?

Iraq is a democracy because the government is polularly elected.

> BTW, suppose the elected leader of the Iraqi people ordered the US army
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> leave. Do you imagine George Bush would allow that? Would the US army
leav=
e?

It is pointless to speculate what George Bush would do. His presidency
is a big letdown for a lot of american. US has lost lots of
creditability because of the Iraq war.