Thursday, February 05, 2004

Spreading democracy around the world

Tha's what we do, eh?

"...America is a nation with a mission... we understand our special calling: This great republic will lead the cause of freedom." -- Preznit Poopstain in his Fate of the Union fantasy.

Two US academics, writing in the Los Angeles Times, report on their study showing that only one of 35 US interventions abroad in the post World War II period resulted in a democratic form of government within 10 years. And even the success story they cite, Colombia, after the US intervention in 1989, is questionable...   Supporting Facts article

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