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By Micah Halpern
Thursday February 3, 2011 I've Been Thinking: The United States is hoping for quick elections in Egypt. This is a big mistake. Rushing to elections will almost certainly guarantee the rise of extremists. All non-democratic forces should be forbidden from participating systems. Non-democratic parties must not be permitted to stand for election. Many of the parties in Egypt, but most notably the Muslim Brotherhood which is the best organized opposition party, is blatantly anti-democratic. Many countries in the world forbid anti-democratic parties because extremism threatens the democratic backbone of a society and, if successful, eliminates democracy. That is what happened in the PA with Hamas and it is what happened with Hitler's rise to power. Fledgling democracies must protect themselves from anti-democratic forces. Read my new book THUGS. It's easy. Just click. 4 June 2017 12:13 PM in Thoughts
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