NPR - All Things Considered: Must a 'Democracy' Fight Against Terror?

[Roland99]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6430389

Thus began a U.S. experiment promoting democracy, mainly in the Middle East. One key part of that experiment was the holding of free elections, which, at the behest of Washington, have since taken place in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.

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Francois Meltzer, a professor of religion and literature at the University of Chicago, says that experience left Palestinians with the impression that America supports free elections only so long as the voters choose candidates that receive the U.S. stamp of approval.

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"U.S. foreign policy supports the spread of democracy to the extent -- and only to the extent -- that the spread of democracy is supportive of other U.S. interests," Bacevich says.

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"The anger that gets directed at us is actually anger diverted from dictatorships," Gingrich says. "Open societies under the rule of law, where people are prosperous, are less likely to have terrorism than places which have greater tension and much greater pressure."

Fuck you, Newt!!! :mad:



This is actually the last in a four-part series on the "war on terror". Very good listen (audio link on that page)



Part 3 is Defining the War on Terror:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6416780

Another good listen.

[Darkhawk32]

1. I'm going to check it out this morning. But I think I'm going to require to find....

a barf bag first.

[Roland99]

2. None needed, except for the part where Newt spews.

And Perle in the 2nd link.

But, overall, they come off like the insane asylum patients they should be.