Democracy Isn't Pretty

As I considered the truth of democratic ugliness, I				may well oppose the regional minority ruling Iraq,
further considered its implications in the Middle				Iran and Lebanon. Will the Iraqi majority prevail to
East. Afghanistan is a democracy. It is the will of				create a democracy? Who really cares outside of
the people to grow poppies, make opium and				the White House? Surely the White House does
heroin. No one can stop them and it is foolish to				not want to see Iraqi - Iranian democratic
try. They will need a larger market to support				solidarity making war on Saudi Arabia which
prices. People are likely busy expanding the global				cannot defend the largest oil reserves in the
market as I write and soon the U.S. will be building				Middle East without U.S./ coalition assistance. Ugly,
new prisons and treatment centers for its new				ugly democracy coming up.
heroin dealers and addicts. Not pretty at all.				Many of us know it is not difficult to manipulate
Palestine is a democracy. It is the will of the				the will of the majority and in fact control always
people to take back their land and prosper. Israel				goes to the best manipulators in democracy. The
is a democracy. It is the will of the people to live				American majority has been against every war in
and prosper on Palestinian land. One must destroy				its history, yet small minorities have always
the other to express the will of the majority. It				managed to change the will of the majority,
will not be pretty, no matter who prevails. Sudan				without exception. It happens every time and ugly
is a democracy. It is the will of the Arab majority				democracy does not ask why. It is simply the
to drive Black Africans out of Sudan by any				price we pay to have democracy. Now the world
means. George Bush will say state sponsored				must pay the price as well.
genocide and state sponsored terrorism are two				In essence a democracy is simply a majority of
very different things and we will agree with him.				people manipulated into doing the will of the rich
The U.S. need not interfere on behalf of Black				and/ or powerful. It is a check on all protest and
Africans and this is just the beginning of a great				resistance. That the people upon whom the yoke
civil rights movement. The struggle of a minority				of majority tyranny would resist with equal or
under majority rule. Democracy isn't pretty. A				greater violence should surprise no one. The
few prominant African Americans protest years				majority just labels the resistance treason,
of neglect over the crisis in Darfur but I hear no				rebellion or terrorism and does its best to punish
great outcries from African Americans in general				and discourage it. War is, must be and always will
and American democracy is looking very inclusive.				be the result of democracy in a family, a village
Nor have I heard outcries from American Muslims				or a nation and so what? War is exciting and
on behalf of their Black brethren in the faith.				relieves boredom. War is a great money maker
Perhaps our African and Muslim Americans have				and keeps national economies humming. Those of
now become American Africans and Muslims and				us who have become attached to it want it for
Darfur is not an American problem. Perhaps it is				the whole world though we will say quite the
time to celebrate the American victory over				opposite every chance we get. No, democracy
racism. It's somebody else's problem now.				and its wars are not pretty, but ugly can be great
Iraq is a democracy. It was the will of the				fun. One can't beat it for sheer excitement
majority to allow minority rule under a ruthless				generation after generation and it is surely worth
strongman, as is fairly common and traditional in				whatever it costs. Sometimes it works for you.
the Middle East. Now it is the will of the Iraqi				Sometimes it works against you. Often it just
majority to rule but the majority in Iraq is a				doesn't work at all.
minority in the Middle East. The regional majority