"Forced democracy"?

That's the phrase used by NYTimes reporter Matt Bai to describe Bush's policy in Iraq. It's in a piece called Kerry's Undeclared War. The Big Trunk has a critique of the article, but the characterization of liberating Iraq as "forced democracy" really strikes me as unamerican. This is the kind of thing people say and then get angry because those who react to it as I do are "questioning their patriotism." I guess I am doubting their patriotism or at least their commitment to the principles of our republic. If you think of democracy as just another form of imperialism, what kind of political system do you view as legitimate? Maybe Marxism?

This really bespeaks a contempt for the rest of the human race, as well as a refusal to learn the lessons of history, particularly the failure of socialism. Kerry's focus of French-style diplomacy as the panacea to terrorism makes me wonder whether he really understood what happened during the 1990s which culminated in 9/11/01. The continuous citing of mythical Bush venality by the left really concerns me, and it should all Americans. The mere fact that a large minority of this country is unable to see through the goofy claims that Bush lied in order to lead us into war suggests that we are losing the capacity for critical reasoning, largely due to years of ad-think and the political bias being peddled as news reporting in this country. We are becoming victims of propaganda from people who no longer believe that government by the people is a good thing. They have convinced themselves of lies, which is what makes it all so pathetic when those lies are regularly made the basis of news analysis.

For similar concerns, read this by Hugh Hewitt.