"A Turkish Solution in Iraq?
By James Lewis
Not many Muslim nations are able to sustain electoral democracy. That is a matter of history. President Bush sincerely tried to push for more democracy in the Middle East after 9/11 and ended up with the Hamas terrorists winning a majority of Palestinian votes on a 'martyr yourself to destroy Israel' platform. In Egypt, the sinister Muslim Brotherhood gained in recent elections. Iraq successfully voted in three open elections for the first time, but the habit of political compromise is slow to take hold during a Hobbesian 'war of all against all.'"
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