They come through again

The Economist's opinion page comes through again with a well-crafted and nuanced analysis of Bush's speech on Middle Eastern democracy. It starts with the best summary of the speech I have yet read: "In Washington on November 6th George Bush made an excellent speech in which he said that Arabs were no less capable than other people of enjoying democracy and that helping them to do so should and would be part of American policy for decades to come."

It goes on to caution, though, that this job won't be easy and that it shouldn't be imposed by force, Iraq being a notable, one off exception.

Right, and right.
- posted by Anonymous @ 8:20 AM