Reply #152: That would be the best outcome, but so far he shows no sign

[sabrina 1]

of doing so. Also, if he does, will the U.S. support the people's choice of a democratic government? Our history, in S. America eg, shows that the U.S. is more likely to side with the opposition and try to destabilize any new government no matter how secular or democratic it is.

To see democracy grow around the world, the U.S. and other Western powers need to abandon the old brutal cold war policies and start to 'look forward'. If we can look forward on war crimes, how about doing so on supporting real democracy, not the puppeteer kind we helped to install in Iraq and Afghanistan eg.