Kerry Would Focus FP on Stability NOT Democracy

[liberalpragmatist]

That's a shift away from the Bush doctrine and fundamentally it accepts the notion that democracy cannot be imposed on another country. I agree with that. However, I have to admit that I'm ambivalent about it. I worry that Kerry will end up making the same kinds of marriages of convenience that ultimately bite us in the ass in the longterm. I'm all for a vigorous democratization campaign of the Arab world - I just don't think we can do it through war, but rather through witholding aid from Egypt, for instance, unless it begins to liberalize.

What do you all think?

Check out this Left Coaster post that explains this in more detail:
http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/001996.html#more

And this Josh Marshall article in this issue of the Atlantic:
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2004/07/marshall.htm