I want to agree that the americans will hold the government accountable and it would cause a major outcry in case of a an event when a lot of people lose their lives because of government's incopentancy and failure to do certain things.. but when the people who masterminded the iraqi war and who are responsible for those soldiers risking their lives everyday, still stay in power without questioning - I am not sure I agree with your belief in how much power the people carry in the best developed democracy!
I thought that after a number of events in Iraq, all hell would break loose and the people in US would demand answers about what exaclty goes on in Iraq, why is taking so long, etc. But nothing! Rummy recently said it might be up to 12 years for them to fighting in Iraq. Think about that statement, and how much we've heard the 'people' responding to this. It appears to me that the republican majority firmly has the grip on the country's key positions and the right wing media has totally blasted apart the decmocrats... It seems that a very normal word 'Liberal' has become there as an insult and a namecalling term when referred to democrats. In other words - the Bush Dynasty is ruling and apparently noone's asking any questions, and that worries me.
All this coming back to the power of people who question their government. Apparently the consensus is that the government is right no matter what, and not supporting it during the time of war on terror is unpatriotic. I think that that great democratic government is just scaring people do death every time with their alerts, etc.
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Anyway I don't want this thread to run off-topic, so...
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Say what? :hmm: