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      McCain says he sees end to war by 2013

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      Sen. John McCain said Thursday that most American troops would be home from Iraq by 2013 and that the nation would be a functioning democracy with only "spasmodic" episodes of violence. The comments... Full Article At Houston Chronicle - Politics

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      New Haven opinion: Central Asia

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      President Bush saw no contradiction in preaching democracy in Iraq while forging new alliances with odious dictatorships in Central Asia, (Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan), or in threatening Iran while... Full Article At Townhall.com - User Blogs

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      Chalmers Johnson on Our ‘Managed Democracy’

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      Standing Against the Mullahs - Front Page

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      Soona Samsami, a leading Iranian women's rights and pro-democracy activist, joins me for an interview for FrontPage Magazine . She is the Executive Director of Women's Freedom Forum and was the U.S. Representative of the National Council of ... Full Article At Live Search News

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      Bob Siegel: It Takes a Judge To Read Words That Aren't Actually Printed On The Page.

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      Well, once again in the name of Democracy, our brilliant courts have decided that they know better than we do. These days, our courts remind us of democracy the way John Wayne reminds us of Rosie O... Full Article At Townhall.com - User Blogs

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Democracy is the system of rule by the people. It is derived by from the Greek δημοκρατία (demokratia), "popular government"Demokratia, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, "A Greek-English Lexicon", at Perseus which was coined from δήμος (dēmos), "people" and κράτος (kratos), "rule, strength" in the middle of the 5th century BC to denote the political systems then existing in some Greek city-states, notably Athens. "Democracy", Encyclopædia Britannica Online In the modern sense it is currently understood and most frequently used, the rule by majority. However, if not restricted by a special system of check and balances, that rule can easily deteriorate and ceases to be a democracy and becomes something else, such as an aristocracy (government by the best, aristos) or an oligarchy (government by the few, oligos).

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