Quote Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger View Post
It was in fact the NeoCons who believed most strongly in the ability of the the Arab peoples to embrace democracy - so I am not sure what bearing that has on the credibility of articles published by supposedly NeoCon influenced organizations that suggest the opposite.
But is that true? Isn't much of this neocon assessement wishful thinking / bought science / justification after the fact? The project of the Neocons was spread American influence (not necessarily democracy), to further private interests, and to prolong America's hegemony. For example, Bernard Lewis had always argued that Arab culture was incompatible with a civil society (see my previous post). Suddenly on the eve of the invasion he changed his mind 180 degrees, suddenly argueing that all it took for democracy in Arabian societies was to remove despotic leadership.