Why are Democrats hoping against new Democracies in the Middle East? According to Matthew Yglesias of The American Prospect, new Democracies help liberals!
Mainstream liberals should be celebrating every step toward democracy that occurs in the world over the next three years, for two reasons.
The first is that recent democratic gains, such as those in Ukraine, Egypt, and Lebanon, are not the fruit of neoconservative policies but of liberal ones. The United States did not invade these countries, nor did we threaten to do so. Instead, our influence was exercised by liberal means -- foreign aid, coordination with allies, and subtle diplomatic pressure.
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