So here's the answer to the questions I posted in a previous blog entry.
Q1) Of the 24 countries the United States has bombed since World War II, how many of those became democracies as a result?
Answer: Zero.
Q2) Of the 67 countries where the population used non-violent protest as a means to increase their freedom, how many succeeded?
Answer: Fifty.
The moral of this observation is that you can't bomb a country into freedom. It has to come from within. Also, given that a country's population can be instrumental in effecting political change, does it make sense to bomb them in an attempt to support your cause?
Granted, the questions posed is not exactly the same (became democratic vs. increased freedom), but you get the basic idea. And Q1 does not give credit to the fact that Japan and Germany both emerged as successful democracies after WW II. However, the trend is clear.
One can only hope that Myanmar joins the ranks of the other 50 in the near future.
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Excellent information Ron! So true and, for me, obvious yet the powers that be appear to have learned nothing from the past. Could it be testosterone?
Please someone explain it to me because I don't get it!
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