Tomgram: Dilip Hiro on Playing the Democracy Card

Tomgram: Dilip Hiro on Playing the Democracy Card

Have we really almost rolled around -- yet again -- to the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, this time amid much Bush administration and neocon self-congratulation, as well as media congratulations (grudging or otherwise) for an Iraqi-election-inspired spread of democracy in the Middle East? And what will we be congratulating ourselves on next year, when the usefulness of "democracy" passes, oil prices continue to rise, and the war in Iraq grinds on?