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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/09/AR2005120901711.html
The Promise of Democratic Peace
(Washington Post) Condoleezza Rice - * Who truly believes, after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that the status quo in the Middle East was stable, beneficial, and worth defending? * How could it have been prudent to preserve the state of affairs in a region that was incubating and exporting terrorism; where the proliferation of deadly weapons was getting worse, not better; where authoritarian regimes were projecting their failures onto innocent nations and peoples; where Lebanon suffered under the boot heel of Syrian occupation; where a corrupt Palestinian Authority cared more for its own preservation than for its people's aspirations; and where a tyrant such as Saddam Hussein was free to slaughter his citizens, destabilize his neighbors, and undermine the hope of peace between Israelis and Palestinians? * It is sheer fantasy to assume that the Middle East was just peachy before America disrupted its alleged stability.