Kudos to George Bush!

[thegreekdog]

Iran was about +4 when I checked it about half a year ago. That's better than most in that region, and if we're gonna kid ourselves about what a democracy is, we may as well go with Iran.

Turkey should be higher, but I'm not sure how they factor in their military and its systematic killing and discrimination against the Kurds for decades.

Do the United States!

[BigBallinStalin]

Iran was about +4 when I checked it about half a year ago. That's better than most in that region, and if we're gonna kid ourselves about what a democracy is, we may as well go with Iran.

Turkey should be higher, but I'm not sure how they factor in their military and its systematic killing and discrimination against the Kurds for decades.

Do the United States!

<humps the United States>

[patches70]

Iran was about +4 when I checked it about half a year ago. That's better than most in that region, and if we're gonna kid ourselves about what a democracy is, we may as well go with Iran.

Turkey should be higher, but I'm not sure how they factor in their military and its systematic killing and discrimination against the Kurds for decades.

Do the United States!

Hahah!

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[thegreekdog]

Iran was about +4 when I checked it about half a year ago. That's better than most in that region, and if we're gonna kid ourselves about what a democracy is, we may as well go with Iran.

Turkey should be higher, but I'm not sure how they factor in their military and its systematic killing and discrimination against the Kurds for decades.

Do the United States!

Hahah!

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Well that's a bald-faced lie.

[Woodruff]

Iran was about +4 when I checked it about half a year ago. That's better than most in that region, and if we're gonna kid ourselves about what a democracy is, we may as well go with Iran.

Turkey should be higher, but I'm not sure how they factor in their military and its systematic killing and discrimination against the Kurds for decades.

Do the United States!

Hahah!

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Their story is that they can't actually access that sort of data, you see. It's really only high-level gathering that they do, and being able to create an accurate chart like that would require data-mining of the sort that is simply beyond their capabilities. <smile>

[BigBallinStalin]

Iran was about +4 when I checked it about half a year ago. That's better than most in that region, and if we're gonna kid ourselves about what a democracy is, we may as well go with Iran.

Turkey should be higher, but I'm not sure how they factor in their military and its systematic killing and discrimination against the Kurds for decades.

Do the United States!

Hahah!

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Well that's a bald-faced lie.

To be fair, the measurement is relative--not absolute. Compared to Iranian democracy, USA is more democratic, thus USA gets a +10 cuz it's so much more democratic. I think France has +9, while the UK, GER, and JPN have +10.