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Article: The 'morning after' regime change: Should US force democracy again? Reconsider the US success rate before forcing democracy again.(OPINION)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- January 15, 2003
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Byline: Minxin Pei and Sara Kasper
WASHINGTON -- Recent press reports of the Bush administration's plans for a post-Hussein Iraq have underscored Washington's determination to seek a regime change in Baghdad, even though the White House claims that its primary objective remains disarming Iraq.
Instead of becoming giddy over the prospects of a new democratic Iraq, President Bush's advisers should review Washington's own - decidedly mixed - record of regime change and temper their optimism.
Among the major powers, the US has engaged in the largest number of regime changes. Since the past century, it has deployed its military to impose democratic ...