LONGING FOR TOJO

Freedom, American-Style (The inherent clash between a democratic Iraq and U.S. policy begins to take shape (Roger Morris, April 23, 2003, LA Times)

Washington has rarely been adept, or candid, in fostering authentic democracy. Almost nowhere in half a century--from 1950s' CIA coups in Iran, Guatemala and Congo, among other places, to expeditions into the Caribbean, Africa and elsewhere in the 1980s and 1990s--has regime change left a nation freer. Not even Germany and Japan.

Ah yes, the Third Reich was far freer than West Germany. Posted by Orrin Judd at April 26, 2003 7:16 PM