Few Americans think U.S. can impose democracy

AP:

Americans question the ability of the United States to create democracy in other countries, and are divided on whether successful efforts could even make the U.S. safer, according to a poll released Thursday.

Only 36 percent of those surveyed by the Public Agenda Confidence in U.S. Foreign Policy Index believe the U.S. can help spread democracy — a major objective for the Bush administration in Iraq and throughout the Middle East.

"People do regard it as a desirable goal," Public Agenda Chairman Daniel Yankelovich said. "But from a common sense point of view, both Democrats and Republicans have concluded that democracy is something that countries come to on their own."

There's a new local version of the great NOW series on PBS starting next week right after the national NOW show. They sent me this link to the site where you can give suggestions for future shows. Seeing as NOW is usually willing to speak truth to power, mabye this is our chance to get some reasonable (as opposed to silly, ignorant or nonexistent) coverage of the long opposed Utah-Diebold matrimony forced on us by our computer illiterate patriarchl leaders in the governors office. Perhaps we can help out the honorable Bruce Funk, who unlike any other election officer in the state and very nearly the entire country, is willing to step out and say NO to using a system that has become a national joke. DIEBOLD! I'm not laughing and neither should you!

http://www.kued.org/whatson/series.cgi?nola1=UNOW&channel_id=1