(wasn't that your argument? )
only if you consider bunch of people perfoming a coup d'etat as a legitimate democratic process.
In any case, what I was getting at is that Islamism is probably something we'll just have to live with for a time, if we want some of these places to end up as free societies. Repressive secular dictatorships are just fueling the movements.
I certainly disagree. It's defeatist thinking. like it'sa binary choice. The truth is that islamism will destroy all parts of society that are free. in secular dictatorships that are around now, the minds of the people remain free, and the amound of reform that will have to be done will be relatively small. I shudder at the amount of effort and change people in places like sudan, SA, and Iran
(esp. rural, since the memory of a secular life is still strong in Iran ) will have to pass through.
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