As an editorial in The Wall Street Journal recently asked: "Anyone out there have ... American ideas like liberal democracy in the Middle East. ...Short Desciption: As an editorial in The Wall Street Journal recently asked: "Anyone out there have
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Content Inside: Wall Street Journal March 27, 2006 The War A Better Idea Promote democracy and prevent terrorism--but dont conflate the two. By Francis Fukuyama and Adam Garfinkle As an editorial in The Wall Street Journal recently asked: "Anyone out there have a better idea" than the Bush administrations policy of high-profile democracy promotion in the Arab and Muslim worlds as a means to fight terrorism? Well, yes, there is one. That better idea consists of separating the struggle against radical Islamism from promoting democracy in the Middle East, focusing on the first struggle, and dramatically changing our tone and tactics on the democracy promotion front, at least for now. The essential problem with the administrations approach is that it conflates two issues that are separate. The first has to do with violent, antimodern radical Islamism (on display both in the reaction to the Danish cartoons and in the mosque bombing in Samarra);
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... American ideas like liberal democracy in the Middle East. ...
Content Inside: Wall Street Journal March 27, 2006 The War A Better Idea Promote democracy and prevent terrorism--but dont conflate the two. By Francis Fukuyama and Adam Garfinkle As an editorial in The Wall Street Journal recently asked: "Anyone out there have a better idea" than the Bush administrations policy of high-profile democracy promotion in the Arab and Muslim worlds as a means to fight terrorism? Well, yes, there is one. That better idea consists of separating the struggle against radical Islamism from promoting democracy in the Middle East, focusing on the first struggle, and dramatically changing our tone and tactics on the democracy promotion front, at least for now. The essential problem with the administrations approach is that it conflates two issues that are separate. The first has to do with violent, antimodern radical Islamism (on display both in the reaction to the Danish cartoons and in the mosque bombing in Samarra);
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