"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
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Really? This is belied by Bush's prewar speeches, which cited WMDs but also declared America's intention to create a free (read "democratic") Iraq.
I don't think that it was a mere oversight that President Bush evaded the word "democratic" for more than a year. It was wise not to promise "democracy" when we weren't sure what the majority might want!
Freedom, however, can exist without democracy...just as a democracy can exist without freedom. Unfortunately, the Administration eventually threw caution to the wind when things looked good, and now they have used the D-word.