Natan Sharansky wrote a book that was very influential on neocons and President Bush. The is entitled "The Case For Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror." The theme of the book is that if democracy is brought to an authoritarian nation, then the instruments of liberty and freedom follow. The book focused on the fall of the USSR and the then emerging democratic institutions arising in Russia.
Sharansky's thoughts became the neocon bull horn for nation building to make the world a safer place. At the time I totally agreed with that agenda.
I have come to realize that Sharansky's principles for adding democratic principles to reform a despotic nation is culture specific. It works where Christianity was the bedrock foundation for ethics and morality.
It will be difficult to realize in a Mohammedan culture in which violence and deception is the inherent creed against non-Mohammedans.
With this in mind it is important to understand the hugest believer in democratic transformation is also the same person calling for the accountability rogue nations utilizing terrorists to carry out globally dangerous foreign policy agendas.
Sharansky points to Iran and the potential of the nuclear suit case by proxy in the West. If Iran uses Hezbollah by proxy with impunity, what will stop Iran from using terrorists by proxy to carry out nuke explosions in Western cities or Israel?
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