January 29, 2011

Here is how you do it - 2005 edition

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice addressing the American University in Cairo in June 2005:
From her opening comments:
The day is coming when the promise of a fully free and democratic world, once thought impossible, will also seem inevitable. The people of Egypt should be at the forefront of this great journey, just as you have led this region through the great journeys of the past.
From the transcript:
There are those who say that democracy is being imposed. In fact, the opposite is true: Democracy is never imposed. It is tyranny that must be imposed.

People choose democracy freely. And successful reform is always homegrown.

Just look around the world today.

For the first time in history, more people are citizens of democracies than of any other form of government.

This is the result of choice, not of coercion.

There are those who say that democracy leads to chaos, or conflict, or terror.

In fact, the opposite is true: Freedom and democracy are the only ideas powerful enough to overcome hatred, and division, and violence.
That is how you do it -- not covertly trying to prop up a 30-year dictatorship. The people are speaking and all it takes is for you to listen. But given the general aura of tone-deafness in D.C., I am not holding my breath... Posted by DaveH at January 29, 2011 11:45 AM
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"There are those who say that democracy is being imposed. In fact, the opposite is true: Democracy is never imposed. It is tyranny that must be imposed."

They weren't imposing democracy. Democracy is a form of government which hasn't existed since the ancient Greek democracies ceased to be.

"People choose democracy freely. And successful reform is always homegrown."

Love the doublespeak coming from a person who helped try to conquer other nations.

Posted by: Patriot Henry at January 30, 2011 3:42 PM
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