Is it really reasonable to expect that the values which undergird liberal democracy in America will be effectively spread abroad by the most illiberal people in America? It’s a good question. Think about it.
I guess it depends on what we are really attempting to accomplish in Iraq. Are we attempting to export Jeffersonian democracy to the Iraqi people? Or our we merely trying to establish a Middle East government more friendly to our strategic and corporate interests?
It’s conceivable that this administration could accomplish the latter. I’m not holding my breath for the former.
It’s conceivable that this administration could manage to establish a Middle Eastern government more friendly to our strategic and corporate interests, but I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for that either, if I were you…