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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
have you read any, I many even basic, history of American foreign policy since 1945? do you have any grounding? I know the answer from your post, but it might be funny to read what you think you know.
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Good point. Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter were the only two presidents to be able to talk without an implied nudge and wink about exporting democracy. And even they ultimately went all realpolitik-like when push came to shove, on Revolutionary France and SAVAK-era Iran, respectively.
Bush doesn't have great options with Pakistan now. He may have screwed things up in the way he's dealt with Pakistan ever since 9/11, but his disingenousness on the benefits of democracy is nothing new in American foreign policy.
