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Bush: Iraq Part of 'Global Democratic Revolution'
Liberation of Middle East Portrayed as Continuation of Reagan's Policies

"President Bush today portrayed the war in Iraq as the latest front in the 'global democratic revolution' led by the United States. The revolution under former president Ronald Reagan freed the people of Soviet-dominated Europe, he declared, and is destined now to liberate the Middle East as well.

"In a speech to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) described as a major policy address by the White House, Bush avoided issues such as preemptive attack, weapons of mass destruction and 'gathering" dangers to the United States' ..."
Source: Washington Post

Media Transparency article on National Endowment for Democracy
Trojan Horse: The National Endowment for Democracy
Loose Cannon: The National Endowment for Democracy

Bush-Hitler comparisons unjust (says eXile, the Moscow-based alternative newspaper)