President Offers Rosiest Postwar Scenario to DateIn a speech tonight before the American Enterprise Institute in Chicago, President George W. Bush predicted that democracy would come to postwar Iraq and might eventually reach the U.S. as well.
“A new regime in Iraq would serve as a dramatic and inspiring example of freedom to other nations of the region,” Mr. Bush said. “And who knows? If democracy works in Iraq, we might give it a try, too.”
“A new regime in Iraq would serve as a dramatic and inspiring example of freedom to other nations of the region,” Mr. Bush said. “And who knows? If democracy works in Iraq, we might give it a try, too.”
The President, under criticism for not laying out his vision for a postwar Iraq, told his audience, “In a democratic Iraq, a President would be legitimately elected by a majority of the popular vote, not by mysterious electors or politically appointed robed justices.”
Such an Iraqi President, Mr. Bush said, “would listen to all of the voices in his country, and not merely pander to extremists or corrupt moneyed interests.”
Such an Iraqi President, Mr. Bush said, “would listen to all of the voices in his country, and not merely pander to extremists or corrupt moneyed interests.”