Posted: Jun 18, 2010 12:35 am
Virus wrote:Barry Cade wrote:
Yeah, you're right. A democratically elected reformist prime minister, trying to make social reforms in his own country, is perfectly analogous with a Nazi dictator, ordering the invasion of one of his neighbours. You should write a book about this stuff. You could get Christopher Hitchens to write the foreword.
He wasn't really elected prime minister. He was appointed by the parliament.
Gordon Brown wasn't an elected Prime Minister either. He was however elected by his party. Not every country directly elects their leader, many instead vote for the party.
Iran's Prime Minister Mosaddegh was elected by the Parliament of Iran.
By your analogy, Canada and the U.K. are not "democracies."
@ Dr. Kwaltz
I've never seen that documentary or even heard of it before. Thanks for posting it though, it's currently downloading.
It's quite unfortunate how British and American greed overthrew Mosaddeq, who was a secular leader.