Can't live w/ 'em, can't live w/o 'em. Iran & Syria, that is

Originally Posted by Carrera

I guess I'm expressing the view Athens was more of a democracy than most countries in Europe and the U.S. The only fault you could accuse Athens of was the fact women couldn't vote whatsoever.
Foreigners were also excluded a vote.
My point is that Bush and Blair tend to preach to other countries such as Cuba and Russia about democracy but don't themselves practise democracy.
In this country I can't see any real inclusion of the masses or representation for people who disagree with Blair's policies (such as going to war for oil e.t.c.). I mean, literally millions of people protested over that war and Blair totally ignored that view.
In fact, Blair is a "chronyist" for want of a better term. He has a habit of planting chronies and sympathisers in key positions so he can ride roughshod over any opposition.
The entire political system and foreign policy tends to gravitate over his relationship with the U.S. President like some kind of throwback to Andropov and Chernenko.

Originally Posted by davidmc

Maybe your country needs to make some government reforms so as to minimize this abuse of power as you say