Response to Mr Ruben Holsteinburg

Reader comment on item: Can Hezbollah and Hamas Be Democratic?

Submitted by Jacob Carmiel (United Kingdom), Mar 23, 2005 at 10:09

...Democracy means the Muslims of the Muslim world elect their leaders not USA or Israel. The people need to decide who there rulers are, that is what democracy is.

The leaders need to stand for their own country, and not be pro America or Israel. The Nation and its people will be given priority interms of there saftey and security and not some other country, that does not care about them.

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