Comments for Don't expect U.S. to create democracy in Iraq (lessons from Greece) at http://pacificfreepress.com , comment 0 to 2 out of 2 comments http://pacificfreepress.com Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:46:39 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://pacificfreepress.com/content/view/392/81/#pc_285 Very informative piece on the modern history of one corner of the world about which I know little -- other than what I learned from Anthony Quinn movies. Thank you, Mickey Z. - Jimmy Montague Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:02:59 +0100 http://pacificfreepress.com/content/view/392/81/#pc_284 Education for the illiterate? What were they thinking? That may be the most dangerous idea of all. It was also one of the big reasons why the very popular and very progressive Guatemalan regime was toppled in the 1950s, although your excellent piece of two days ago left out this juicy detail. In Guatemala (prior to the coup) there was a double-edged literacy law. It said that anyone who could not read was obliged to learn to do so. And the government sent reading teachers to the poor villages to help them learn. The same law also said that anyone who could read was obliged to vote. Can you imagine? Thanks again, Mickey. You Rock! - winter Thu, 07 Dec 2006 02:25:05 +0100