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Mugged by reality again?(Foreign Affairs)(the democratising of the Middle East does not mean pro-American)

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| June 01, 2005 | Switzer, Tom | COPYRIGHT 2005 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

WHEN NEOCONSERVATIVES rose to intellectual prominence in the 1970s, they were invariably described--not least by themselves--as "liberals mugged by reality". Three decades later, that definition will acquire even more resonance if the neoconservative effort to remake Iraq as a viable and peaceful democratic state ends in failure.

Recently, of course, the consensus about the Bush administration's record in Iraq and the broader Middle East has been far from negative. Even opponents of the US-led invasion have good things to say about President Bush's foreign policy agenda.

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