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Robert F. Ellsworth and Dimitri K. Simes have called our foreign interventions for democracy a policy of "salvation without representation".
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The US intervention in Iraq was a political war for democracy, and it should have been conducted in a way that would enthuse Iraqis about freedom.
Yet if this intervention is actually about making Syria safe for democracy, the strike being contemplated is wildly insufficient to that end.
"It was a successful intervention; whether in the long-run, the hopes for democracy will pan out as yet, no one knows; the upcoming elections will be an important threshold.
This strain of pragmatism was powerful enough that George W. Bush called for a "humble" foreign policy in his 2000 campaign, and condemned the kinds of democracy-building interventions for which he would later become known.
While justifying its intervention in politics as serving the will of the people, the military has never been a force for democracy.
So much for democracy.
A win for democracy?
Ordinary Nigerians agitated for democracy.
Who is shouting for democracy?
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