Iraq and Abuse!

[Peace in Ireland]

<i> they don't wanna leave Iraq alone.........HOW is this democracy ??? </i>

I think you raise a good point. I'd like to make clear first of all that America is NOT a democracy. We are a Republic. We do not vote for wars, taxes, government programs, etc. Further, one must realize that the American people and the American government are two opposite things. Americans do vote for bad presidents (though if you look at our voting numbers, so many Americans are disenfranchised with the system that HALF usually don't even vote), but once those officials are in office, they can do whatever they want. The way America governs itself is a Democratic Republic. However, our foreign policy is not, it is an oligarchy. I truely do love living here, and I'm glad my relatives immigrated here, but I loath how the U.S. treats the rest of the world (and its own poor, black, latino, arab, etc. people.)

P.S. Just for the record, I voted in 2000 for the only candidate who opposed war and involving the U.S. in middle-eastern affairs......... Ralph Nader.