You can blame Bush for Middle East uprisings

[Mack27]

George W. Bush hoped that Iraq and Afghanistan would become shining beacons of freedom to bring democracy to the Middle East. He ignited something, we don't know what yet.

http://spectator.org/archives/2011/02/25/bushs-middle-east-march-of-fre/

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2011/02/what-does-momentum-have-to-do-with-anything.html

The following quotes are taken from The National Endowment for Democracy.

Sixty years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East did nothing to make us safe -- because in the long run, stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty. As long as the Middle East remains a place where freedom does not flourish, it will remain a place of stagnation, resentment, and violence ready for export. And with the spread of weapons that can bring catastrophic harm to our country and to our friends, it would be reckless to accept the status quo. George W. Bush

"We believe that liberty is the design of nature; we believe that liberty is the direction of history…. And we believe that freedom -- the freedom we prize -- is not for us alone, it is the right and the capacity of all mankind."-George W. Bush

 

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