Assuming Responsibility Unreasonably

A few myths worth putting to rest: Did the US prevent Iran from being a democracy by supporting a coup in 1953? Read Prof. Rummel’s answer. Did the US overthrow the Allende government in Chile? Read Jose Pinera’s answer.

Both of these historical issues are important today. I believe it is to repudiate and make amends for these allegations that drove, in part, our government to attempt to construct a liberal democracy in Iraq despite all the indigenous cultural and religious traditions hostile to such an institution.