[Superman]

A legitimate question among mischaracterizations is a step in the right direction.

I don't prefer a dictator, and I don't know anyone personally who does. But obviously, you are free to pretend that liberals prefer dictators. Dishonestly.

Middle eastern cultures have their roots in nomadic desert tribal life. The level of violence they will tolerate and even appreciate is beyond our understanding. For example, I recently read of a ceremony where American military control was being officially handed over to an Iraqi organization. The Americans in the ceremony and audience were a bit abhorred to watch the Iraqi's, the good guys there, taking bites out of live animals. As it turns out, this kind of behavior is part of their official military and police training. It is a part of their culture. We don't understand it.

I had a professor who felt certain that all workers want to participate in managerial decision-making. That prof was a pure educator with no real world experience, and it showed. We knew that some workers don't want that.

We Americans assume that everyone wants a balanced, multi-branch, democratically elected government. But Middle Eastern culture is not like Greek culture. Maybe they don't have any history or experience or model for a bunch of guys sitting around in Togas debating public policy and reaching consensus or a majority vote. Maybe their background contains only "might makes right" decision-making. Maybe the presence of a strong dictator gives them a warm and cozy feeling.

Maybe we're going to find out that a dictator was the only form of government that could hope to hold three religious factions together in something resembling a "nation."

Now......what kind of post are we going to see next?