OhioIllini said:

You're right, there aren't many examples of democratic countries being created out of dictatorships... but they do exist. These come to mind: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in the Baltics. Slovenia and probably Croatia out of the former Yugoslavia. Even some (certainly not all) of the former Soviet republics are somewhat democratic.

No doubt there's a danger of Syria becoming a reconstituted AQ or ISIS. However, it's different in this situation as they also have to become a sovereign state. It could end up as another Afghanistan but I think the probability of that happening is low. There are too many other countries around Syria that have a deep interest in seeing that doesn't happen: Turkiye (I think that's how they spell it now), Israel, and Jordan to name three. There was no corollary to those surrounding Afghanistan.

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Uncoach said:

The neocon idea of nation-building and exporting US style democracy has been a total failure. No one is defending Assad, stonedhead. Deep State orchestrated a coup in Ukraine. All they have done since is get Ukraine in a war they can’t win and are only hanging on with US money we don’t have. Iraq didn’t work. Afghanistan didn’t work. The Soviet Union didn’t work. Who would have thought that a group of people who were always ruled by kings and subsequently brutal communist dictators would all of a sudden when freed understand how to use that freedom and excel in a democracy?

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rillaman said:

Britain indefinitely bans puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria

The British government has indefinitely banned puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria after independent experts found there was an unacceptable safety risk in prescribing the medication

abcnews.go.com

“Unacceptable safety risk”

The political left needs to abandon their position on “trans kids”, or they will be left behind by the rest of the sane world.

People of the future will be horrified when they read about us neutering kids that were going through difficult times.

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stoneaxe27 said:

How many US type Democracies exist?

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stoneaxe27 said:

No, you are wrong. It is a 10 year term. Can be fired sooner for cause. Can be extended longer like Mueller.

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stoneaxe27 said:

What is a worse scenario than the sadist Assad regime, and its close ties to Russia giving Russia Naval and Air bases, and a conduit for Iran's evil? It is a win, stop trying so hard to see the down-side.

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stoneaxe27 said:

What is a worse scenario than the sadist Assad regime, and its close ties to Russia giving Russia Naval and Air bases, and a conduit for Iran's evil? It is a win, stop trying so hard to see the down-side.

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