Repukes hypocrites on democracy

[KingFlorez]

Bush is always saying how he's so for democracy and turn around a supports some of the worst leaders in the world. He's condoning Gen. Musharaff's and Islam Karimov's dictatorships and making deals with Vietnam who still oppresses their people. I've heard some neo-cons praise Augusto Pinochet, because he overthrew a far-left President that was democratically elected. If you have any other cases of their hypocrisy on this, please post.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Link....

http://www.americanprogressaction.org/site/pp.asp?c=klLWJcP7H&b=396453

FOREIGN POLICY
Democracy Hypocrisy

The democratic progress that has taken place in recent weeks in Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories has been an extremely positive development for the Middle East and the world. Unfortunately, many conservatives are using these events as an opportunity to score cheap political points, claiming they provide (yet another) justification for the Iraq war. For example, in the New York Times last Saturday, David Brooks wrote, "people around the Arab world look at voters in Iraq and ask, Why not here?" The only evidence Brooks provided that anyone in the Arab world feels this way is a quote by a Lebanese dissident named Walid Jumblatt. Apparently, Brooks feels comfortable basing his theory on the opinions of a man who, just two months earlier, said "we are all happy when U.S. soldiers are killed week in and week out. The killing of U.S. soldiers in Iraq is legitimate and obligatory." Instead of spending time creating another elaborate justification for losing 1,500 American troops and $200 billion on a war of choice, conservatives should take a hard look at the Bush administration's actual record on democracy promotion, which is decidedly mixed. The record shows that "rather than a democratic idealist, Bush is better described as someone who has co-opted the language of democracy while pursuing business-as-usual policies."

[CAG]

2. Venezuala and Chavez.... Its about Corporatism, not democracy

Anytime any administration stooge talks about spreading democracy, in the back of their mind all they're thinking about is doing the corporation's bidding, which means allowing US corporations to raid the other nation's natural resources, and privatizing their utilities/water/etc