I saw an article explaining the results of a survey that ABC did among Iraqis across the breadth of that country, and covering a wide range topics. One item that I found particularly interesting is the conclusion that many Iraqis believe in democracy, but few feel their country is ready for democracy. What exactly has to happen for a country to be "ready" for democracy? Do a lot more people have to be killed by tyrannical leaders? Perhaps a country is only ready for democracy when they overthrow the rule of an overseas king who taxes their tea too much? Maybe a group has to waner the world and be hate and opressed for thousands of years before having half their population killed by a fascist dictator before they are ready for democracy? It is very disturbing to me that anybody anywhere could actually say they don't think they are ready for self-determination. It's such a liberal, and illogical, mindset that I have to feel the Iraqis who said such things were led that way by their interviewers.