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If Iraqis "deserve" democracy, why not Kuwaitis?
Sun, 20 Apr 2003 09:30:49 PM MDTDate:
Sauce Goose Gander | Orest Slepokura
Letters to the Editor | The Calgary Sun | April 20, 2003
Re: "There's some explaining to do," Michael Coren (April 12). Kuwait was liberated by U.S.-led coalition forces 12 years ago. Before being occupied by Iraq in August 1990, Kuwait was no democracy. It was, instead, a kind of neo-feudal kingdom and remains one today. Which begs the question: Why did America not flex its freedom-loving political muscles to give Kuwaitis democracy? The last I heard, Kuwaiti women, for example, were far from having equal rights with their male counterparts. If Iraqis "deserve" democracy, why not Kuwaitis? Sauce. Goose. Gander.
Orest Slepokura
Editorial comment: (Good question.)
