More Fake "democracy"

Bush's rhetoric about democracy came to a halt when Palestinians elected the 'wrong' government. Likewise neoconservatives like Bush are remarkably reticent about this development in Turkey:

Turkish poll crisis goes to court

Turkey's disputed election of a new president - pitting secularists against the ruling Islamist-rooted AK party - has gone to the constitutional court.

The court is now examining a petition from the opposition to cancel the election of a new president.

As many as one million people marched through Istanbul on Sunday, opposing presidential candidate Abdullah Gul.

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As with the so called 'colored' revolutions in East Europe which were nothing more than Western backed coups - well funded, often backed by western owned or funded papers, so goes the 'secular' 'revolutions' in Turkey and Iran. Similarly, in Europe when the 'wrong' party wins the election is often nullified. Which is what appears to be happening in Turkey. Meanwhile, even when there are elections, real power is in the hands of an unelected bureaucracy .

The increasing religious fervor represents a real mystery for "end of history' theorists like Fukiyama. How could people possibly step 'backwards' when given MTV, drugs, and Gap clothing?...perhaps he should read "the world on fire"