http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/24/obama%e2%80%99s-proclamation-hardly-captivating/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:29:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/24/obama%e2%80%99s-proclamation-hardly-captivating/#comment-44536 Grant Orlando FL Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:49:03 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=11652#comment-44536 The problem with this analysis is that it assumes that democracy is the only path to freedom and that democracies cannot be captive nations. Both of these statements would need corroborating evidence to be taken on face value. I think this is another example of the "whatever we do must be right because it works for us" mentality. We Conservatives need to understand the idea of political diversity throughout the world. Different cultures need different governments. The problem with this analysis is that it assumes that democracy is the only path to freedom and that democracies cannot be captive nations. Both of these statements would need corroborating evidence to be taken on face value. I think this is another example of the "whatever we do must be right because it works for us" mentality. We Conservatives need to understand the idea of political diversity throughout the world. Different cultures need different governments.

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