Some terror groups in Iraq have come right out and said democracy (that old buggaboo) is "un-Islamic" and evil and all that. Not only that, but it could turn the Middle East into...gasp...Massachusetts. Oh, heavens no!

The radical Ansar al-Sunnah Army and two other insurgent groups issued a statement Thursday warning that democracy was un-Islamic. Democracy could lead to passing un-Islamic laws, such as permitting homosexual marriage, if the majority or people agreed to it, the statement said.

"Democracy is a Greek word meaning the rule of the people, which means that the people do what they see fit," the statement said. "This concept is considered apostasy and defies the belief in one God — Muslims’ doctrine."

It bears repeating: We live in strange times. Bush is stopping the spread of gay marriage at home, but supporting it's potential spread in the Mideast. As South Park once claimed, maybe this is what bothers all other countries about America: Our country is founded on the doctrine of "do one thing, say another."