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Originally Posted by kane
How it will all turn out depends on what level of democracy they end up with and then who they elect once they have that power. Not too long ago ( I think it was 2007) Syria had free elections and most of the people they elected were members of Hezbollah. If a country like Egypt gets rid of their dictator only to elect radicals, it won't really change anything nor will it improve much.
However, if they elect more moderate leaders and start to understand that they need women to play a major role in running their societies it could make for a major game change in the world.
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I think you mean Lebanon lol. Hezbollah is a political group that is against Israel, that's why it is labeled a terrorist organization by the US and Israel. The rest of the world don't see them that way and to the rest of the world they are the legitimate democratically elected Lebanese government. They are only radicals from the American point of view in that they fight for what they want instead of doing nothing. If you really think about it Americans are way, way, way more radical than they are about trying to push their ways on the world.
The idea isn't what leaders they elect, if they elect radicals good for them, if they elect moderates good for them. The idea is it isn't up to us who they elect, and if they elect someone who doesn't think along the same lines as we do then we have to work with them and come to a compromise. Not just kill them. That's what's important, that democracy happens, not that Americans are happy.