Iraq war aftermath - Slaughtering democracy

andrew
Sat, 23 Aug 2003 15:36:33 +0000
Humanitarian interventionism, Iraq war, Imperialism, International, Newspaper, Analysis, Chekov Feeney

While most people understand the word democracy to mean that the people hold power, there is another meaning. According to the second meaning of the word, democracy means that the super-rich make all of the decisions while the people's job is to do what they're told, and to put a piece of paper in a box every few years. This 'democracy' is extremely hostile to any notions of popular involvement in politics. The US/UK war against Iraq, trumpeted as a war for 'democracy', illustrates what this 'democracy' means in practice.