The core theme is that power, not ideas, determines who is perceived as "right," and that imposing democracy without the necessary societal foundations, particularly in nations destabilized by prolonged foreign intervention, is futile and counterproductive.
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Everybody thinks their ideas are right.
That's why the people you call
terrorists call themselves freedom
fighters. The fundamentalists think
they're right. The capitalists think
they're right. The communists think
they're right. And no one will ever
convince anyone of anything.
And all these honorable men lecturing
the world from the floors of congresses
and parliaments whose time has long
since passed refused to admit publicly
at least
ideas don't determine who's right. Power
And I have the power.
Democracy.
Democracy. Democracy isn't what these
people need. Hell, it's not even what
they want. America's been running around
the globe trying to install democracies
in nation after nation for a century and
it hasn't worked one time. Now, why do
you think that is?
Because these countries don't have the
most basic building blocks necessary to
support a democracy.
little things like we ought to be
tolerant of those who disagree with us
or we ought to be tolerant of those who
worship a different god than us or that
a journalist ought to be able to
disagree with a [ __ ] president. And
you think you can walk into this country
based on fundamentalist religious
principles, drop a couple of bombs,
topple a dictator, and start a democracy.
democracy. Huh?
Huh?
Give me a break.
People don't want freedom. They want
rules, boundaries, protections from
invaders and from themselves.
People need a leader who can both
provide the constraints and the support
to keep chaos at bay. And you give them that
that
The world is asking one question. Why
did I attack the United States? The
United States has had the world in a
constant state of war for over a hundred
years. Time and again, we have seen the
catastrophic results of this belligerent
militaristic policy. These wars haven't
led to resolution or peace. These wars
have only led to more wars. The United
States has set the agenda because they
wielded the biggest stick. Well, no
more. This is not the beginning of a
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