tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post2010125145552172089..comments2024-03-28T18:57:15.124-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: Saving The RepublicAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-50917908488101500832007-03-28T21:22:00.000-06:002007-03-28T21:22:00.000-06:00Glad to know somebody's an optimist!Glad to know somebody's an optimist!Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-33179896630624743962007-03-28T20:53:00.000-06:002007-03-28T20:53:00.000-06:00I look at it in terms of Maslow's hierarchy. Demo...I look at it in terms of Maslow's hierarchy. Democracy is a luxury when the wolves are at the door. I don't know what Bush thinks his mission is in Iraq, but it's hopelessly naive to think that a U.S.-sponsored government of any kind will take hold for long. At this point, the Kurdish-Shiite-Sunni federation you discussed a while back seems the most viable.<BR/><BR/>As for America, our parents saw the atom bomb, Japanese internment camps, McCarthy, Jim Crow, Vietnam, and Watergate. The power grab by the executive branch (and the shameful use of it) is but one of many of this country's tests. Maybe it's the run-up to the '08 elections, or maybe it's the Republican malaise in the wake of '06; after six years, Congress seems to have finally taken notice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com