I have absolute faith in democracy. It is really wonderful if democracy could come all over the world. It is also fascinating to see it sprout its head in middle-east(elections in iraq and municipal elections in saudi arabia). However, I make these statements with caution. Though democracy may be good, I am not sure if whatever is happening there (especially in Iraq) is democratic. For all the claims President Bush makes, I still think Oil is a major factor. Not many really understand the undercurrents of the oil politics, but oil is the fundamental and single major foreign policy decider in US politics. Ofcourse in this uni-polar world excess by the sole superpower are tend to occur. I just hope that whatever is happening does not get out hand. by this I mean, I dont want US to spoil a stable and relatively peaceful and prosperous region for its selfish needs and also in the process of doing so, I dont want US to burn itself. For the criticism the world mounts on US, I definitely dont want a fundamentalist superpower or an autocratic superpower instead of US. I will deal with the known devil than an unknown God.