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And Over at the UN, the Good News Is…

December 14, 2006 - 2:14 pm - by Claudia Rosett
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2006-12-18 00:57:43

Mark

A League of Democracies is an interesting idea- but it should be noted that such a body would not have endorsed the Iraq war either (remember it was France-a democracy- that blocked the resolution.)

Also note that Israel would not qualify as , according to the Economist magzine, it is a ‘flawed’ democracy. If you let in ‘flawed’ democracies then you also have to admit Palestine, Hong Kong and a bunch of anti-US southern american states.

http://www.economist.com/media/pdf/DEMOCRACY_TABLE_2007_v3.pdf