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by ipaddr 1763 days ago
Isn't Iraq democratic now?
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kome 1763 days ago
no, not really... just on paper. like Afghanistan 1 months ago.
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tut-urut-utut 1763 days ago
Afghanistan wasn't democratic even on paper. Only a sovereign state can be democratic, colonies and occupying territories with puppet governments are by definition non-democratic, even if they pretend to have “free” elections.
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