I think this question leads directly to a discussion of how we interact with other countries - the question of dimplomacy and whether or not we should try talking with other leaders. No, it is not right to force democracy on another country, in fact, it seems a bit of a contradiction to me...forced freedom is an oxymoron. We need to maintain open lines of communication with developing nations and support them in their growth and learning as a country; we should be leading by example and taking care of our own democracy ...

I think this question leads directly to a discussion of how we interact with other countries - the question of dimplomacy and whether or not we should try talking with other leaders. No, it is not right to force democracy on another country, in fact, it seems a bit of a contradiction to me...forced freedom is an oxymoron. We need to maintain open lines of communication with developing nations and support them in their growth and learning as a country; we should be leading by example and taking care of our own democracy so that the people of other nations might see what they want for themselves and create change where they live by political activism. This is not to say that we should not step in and help when a countries government is hurting their own people, but that does not require forcing them to accept our democracy.

We do it selfishly! Because our definition of democracy has been lost in our own countries as our leaders have taken away our democratic rights as a nation, and have replaced it with an autocracy disguised as a democracy!

We do it, so we feel less guilty about our own freedoms. This country has to stop fighting everybody else's battles, and start concentrating on our own problems.

First of all, I believe in American Exceptionalism. The light shining on a hill.
A segment of the American population does not, including some or our leading politicians.
There is an active and a passive form of this. In its passive form, just as many aspects of England served as a model for America, America has served as a model for many countries by any honest reading of history. There are ...

First of all, I believe in American Exceptionalism. The light shining on a hill.
A segment of the American population does not, including some or our leading politicians.
There is an active and a passive form of this. In its passive form, just as many aspects of England served as a model for America, America has served as a model for many countries by any honest reading of history. There are successes and failures. Consider how close the noble American experiment came to failing and how many decades it took to achieve any kind of stability.
In its active form it should be used as a strategic tool. For the most part, American strategy has been good; but tactics have always been awful.
In this form we do it for them because it is also good for us. I think this is called enlightened self interest.
Those who call for non-strategic interventions usually have other political objectives. All should be aware of this.
This question should not be approached on a touchy feely basis. I feel good about us and I feel good about the special relationship with England. I realize there are plenty of people who don't. I hope they are not allowed to govern.

First all, I like your title "Born Free". This is a joke in my opinion since it cost to be born.

Democracy is a learning process, as a means, not as an immediate result. The result of democracy is a long process that requires a lot of hard work, commitment and the respect of minorities, freedom of speech, freedom of press, rule of law, etc. It requires the responsibility of the individuals, pa...

First all, I like your title "Born Free". This is a joke in my opinion since it cost to be born.

Democracy is a learning process, as a means, not as an immediate result. The result of democracy is a long process that requires a lot of hard work, commitment and the respect of minorities, freedom of speech, freedom of press, rule of law, etc. It requires the responsibility of the individuals, parties, independent organizations and justice power.

I think that democracy can best be consolidated by fostering mutual interactions between everyone involved so that democracy can grow as a system, not as a regime, and that's where all of us come into this process of democratization.

The Democracy process in most countries with few exception the people are considered to be the system. The government is their to serve the people, not the people to serve the government

Enforcing democracy is a joke and anyone that believes that such a thing would work is not only fooling him/herself but also wasting a lot of time and effort in trying to enforce a system on people who might not really want it or are still not ready to hold such responsibility or have been used to the kind of system they have or its just takes time for them to demand and to be active in creating their own democracy and their own governmental system.

This was just my opinion...

It is not right for us to impose our views on other countries. Personally, I live in the U.S. and hate the hidden nationalism in our country. Everybody thinks they are right and so is their government because it is American. All humans should have the right to choose what way they want to live; under what form of government and what lifestyle. Whenever a country imposes democracy nowadays, it is for personal gain. Everybody knows we went into Iraq for oil. The superpowerful governments can care less about the citizens o...

It is not right for us to impose our views on other countries. Personally, I live in the U.S. and hate the hidden nationalism in our country. Everybody thinks they are right and so is their government because it is American. All humans should have the right to choose what way they want to live; under what form of government and what lifestyle. Whenever a country imposes democracy nowadays, it is for personal gain. Everybody knows we went into Iraq for oil. The superpowerful governments can care less about the citizens of the country it has invaded and what happens to them. The powerful democratic governments have brainwashed all their citizens into thinking that democracy is the best and only way to go. And yes, we do do it to make us feel better about ourselves. For instance, America has a horrible culture of appreciating celebrities over intellectuals and overeating. Democracy is one thing we can lean on and it makes us feel better about ourselves to think that we are "helping" someone because they are to "naive" to understand that anything we do is better.
"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the other ones"-Winston Churchill.
To me this quote means that democracy is not perfect like many think it is and since it is imperfect and also has downsides, we should not force those downsides on others. Though let it me clear and not misconstrued that I am all for democracy, I just don't think it should be forced on others. Sorry if this rant is too long.

Good question, I very strongly believe that the answer is in the hands of who run our government and what the lobbyist are pushing for. If the answer is expected by the American people then it would be against enforcing democracy in other countries, and it wont' be for us to feel better. It would be for what our government wants to do to get our minds out of the internal serious problems we are facing today, and in order to please the strong loppyist in Congress. We have no business forcing democracy on anyone if they d...

Good question, I very strongly believe that the answer is in the hands of who run our government and what the lobbyist are pushing for. If the answer is expected by the American people then it would be against enforcing democracy in other countries, and it wont' be for us to feel better. It would be for what our government wants to do to get our minds out of the internal serious problems we are facing today, and in order to please the strong loppyist in Congress. We have no business forcing democracy on anyone if they don't wish to have it. Let the people of those countries make their own decision. Take the issue of the Palestinian people for example. They voted democratically for a new government and former president Jimmy Carter was a witness to it. Our government was against it. That means we are against what people wish to have and we boycott the new government and still supporting the old one. How hypocrite can we be! I love freedom and I would offer it to others but only if they want it, and we should never force it in any way shape or form. It will fire back. Besides, Freedom democracy is earned not given.

We did not have a "renaissance," but we did have a revolution. Who knows it that is necessary? What we can make happen is an election so the people can elect their own representative government. It can be like ours or parliamentary and even have a king and royal family if that is what they want, per many European countries. The point is universal suffrage, voting for representatives.