“What are we going to do — support dictators for the rest of eternity because we don’t want Islamists taking their share of some political system in the Middle East? We’ve got to put our money where our mouth is."
“Obviously, Islam needs to make its peace with modernity and democracy. But the only way this is going to happen is when people speaking for Islam take part in the system."
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What a bunch of horseshit! Israel is a dictatorship? Islamists can have a seat a the table when they start acting like civilized human beings, instead of tribal barbarians.
don't see where you get any Israel reference there anon, I don't see one.
its a reflex with some conservatives
glide over the history of US propped dictatorships and attack a non-sequitur strawman, add a bit of (not-so) latent racism for the garnish
Israel is a democracy... for Israeli Jews. Dictatorship for everyone else.
It's hard to encourage democracy in a country where the populace apparently wants to murder you.
(Regardless of whether or not they actually want to, and regardless of whether or you deserve it.)
Guys, this isn't really about Israel. The US has supported and enabled dictators in the Middle East, in Latin America, in sub-Saharan Africa all in the name of "national security".
I am thrilled to see that just maybe, it's not going to work for much longer.
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