Oh, the irony

Yesterday I had the usual conversation about democracy in the Middle East. As usual the peace activists spoke about peace and liberties and brought the usual argument: "We should not impose our way of democracy on the Middle East", and then it hit me: those peace activists were using the same words tyrants in the Middle East have been using for years!!!, although with slight modifications: the tyrants replaced the words "we" with "you" and "our" with "yours". So while peace activists were saying "we should not...etc.", tyrants in the Middle East 'justified' them saying "you should not impose your way of democracy on the Middle East" while continuing to suprass the liberties of people. And so it happens that the irony is that those peace activists fighting for peace and freedom for all, were actually echoing the words and arguments of those who suprass the very same liberties they call for in the Middle East. Just another food for thought as the debate on the validity or futility of democracy in the Middle East rages on.

Tags:
Peace, Middle East, Democracy, Anti-war.