My friend, blogger Michael Totten, is in Beirut of all places, blogging about the nascent democracy movement there on behalf of Spirit of America. I bet Michael never could’ve imagined he’d be heading to Lebanon to report positively on a democracy movement that was largely brought about by a Bush-led war in Iraq, back on that day in November 2000 when he voted for Ralph Nader.
UPDATE: You can donate to various Lebanon-related charities here.
Posted by Stephen Silver at April 5, 2005 12:16 AMWhat democracy movement? There is an INDEPENDENCE movement -- not the same thing!
Posted by: Ben Dreyfus at April 5, 2005 05:33 PMWhat democracy movement? There is an INDEPENDENCE movement -- not the same thing!
It's both. You can't have one without the other, can you?
Posted by: Stephen Silver at April 5, 2005 05:44 PMSure you can! We fought a war for Kuwait's independence, but that doesn't mean Kuwait is in any way democratic.
Posted by: Ben Dreyfus at April 7, 2005 03:15 PM