CNN QuickVote Poll - Democracy in the Middle East

[MaggieSwanson]

Question:

Will steps toward democracy in Iraq and Egypt spread to other countries in the Mideast?

48% - Yes
52% - No

Weigh in at cnn.com.

[illflem]

1. Done

clickable> http://www.cnn.com/

[esvhicl]

2. Yes 48% No 52%

Same as the election polls, and the REAL vote 48% Bush, 52% Kerry

[moggie12]

3. Done and kick

[Califooyah Operative]

4. done. 48-52 still nt

[ChiciB1]

5. Still 52/48!

I just voted NO!! Iraq doesn't even have it!

[durutti]

6. What a ridiculous poll question.

The elections in Iraq clearly did not meet the standards of free elections, the results were quite possibly manipulated by the U.S. Further, it remains to be seen how much power the newly elected government will actually have -- my guess is not much.

The same goes for Egypt. Mubarak wants to please his American keepers. He knows they don't actually want democracy -- just enough of a semblance thereof to give Bush some more credibility in the American media.