Middle East protests: Democracy is not the same as freedom, David Cameron | Mail Online: "Democracy and freedom - how easily the formula trips off the tongue!
The urge for achieving these attractive ends is the driving force behind the protesters in North Africa and the Middle East, according to David Cameron.
But this involves some very big assumptions. One is that the two automatically go together. Another is that we need not worry about the third force which so often overwhelms the other two: nationalism.
We thought the people of Iraq and Afghanistan would be delighted at the prospect of democracy and all the advantages we associate with it in our own minds."
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