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November 16, 2004
NR Says Democracy Unviable in Middle East
Rachel Ehrenfeld, director of something called the American Center for Democracy, argues at National Review Online that the Palestinians are not ready for democracy.
The president should not fall into the trap of prematurely creating an independent Palestinian state. What Arafat left behind is not a functioning, viable democratic society but an utterly corrupt terrorist entity. A change of leadership alone is not enough to undo decades of indoctrination in hate; it will take several generations to reverse the culture of death, destruction, and corruption that Arafat has so successfully established with the generous help of the Arab League and the European Union.
So, on the one hand, the U.S. can take over Iraq, which was "not a functioning, viable democratic society" and which, as we have been constantly told, was "an utterly corrupt terrorist entity" and magically implant a free, democratic society in a matter of months; but on the other hand, it's powerless to do the same thing for the Palestinians.
Then again, expecting consistency from Neocon Review (except when it comes to expanding government under Republicans) is like expecting Louie Anderson to turn down a cheeseburger.
Posted by Mike Tennant at November 16, 2004 01:53 PM