All The President’s Fathers
Four generations of the current president’s family have embroiled the United States in the Middle East through CIA connections, arms shipments, rogue banks, inherited war policies and personal financial links … Ted Koppel put it in a June 1992 “Nightline” program after the 1991 Persian Gulf War: “It is becoming increasingly clear that George [H.W.] Bush, operating largely behind the scenes through the 1980s, initiated and supported much of the financing, intelligence and military help that built Saddam’s Iraq into the aggressive power that the United States ultimately had to destroy.”
don’t see the connection with the the european colonization example. the question about how to define democracy is a hard but obvious question. some measure of the power the average person has to decide who are the top N people in the government. I think someone could define something reasonable, and have nations move towards having their constitutions comply.
Try this: the EUropeans also came along promising freedom from local “despotic” rulers, apointed local leaders, caucasus, and the promise of advancement for clever people.
The Romans also did this 2000 years ago. Colonialism is the same throughout history.
If you honestly can’t see the parallel then I can’t help you.