Conservatives shouldn't be so surprised by freedom
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0 Left 0 Centered 0 RightIt is the conservative critique of the freedom agenda that democratic transformations are hopeless or dangerous in societies lacking democratic cultures. The people of Iraq, George F. Will said in 2004, are "just three people away from democratic success. Unfortunately, the three are George Washington, James Madison and John Marshall." Middle Eastern tyrants, Peggy Noonan once argued, "have functioned in history as - ugly imagery coming - garbage-can lids on their societies. They keep freedom f...