"Bush's attempt to introduce democracy to Iraq, and to expand the role of democracy in Egypt, Lebanon and Pakistan, is a brave and noble experiment. It might fail, and past historical experience is not promising. But if Bush succeeds we could see the beginning of an historical transformation no less significant than the transformation of the old Soviet Union.
No wonder the left, not usually given to supplication, is praying very ardently this Christmas season that Bush does not succeed.
If democracy fails, in Iraq and elsewhere, there is the added benefit that Democrats will have a better chance to take the White House in 2008."
Dinesh D'Souza is the Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution
