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March 20, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://nationalreview.com/mowbray/mowbray031703.asp

State Dept. Views Arab Democracy

(National Review) Joel Mowbray - In a classified report titled "Iraq, the Middle East and Change: No Dominoes," the State Department declares that democracy will not spread in the Middle East following the fall of Saddam, if democracy even takes root in Iraq. Essentially arguing that the Arab and Muslim populations are not fit for self-rule, State's report claims that "electoral democracy, were it to emerge, could well be subject to exploitation by anti-American elements." State's actions to relegitimize Qaddafi will make freedom there an impossible goal. And if State acts in a similar manner in other Middle Eastern nations, State's predictions that democracy won't take root in the region will indeed become a reality.

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