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September 23, 2009

Bush Speech Bookends
Posted by Adam Blickstein

And Obama closes his speech where it began: establishing himself as the antithesis of Bush at the UN:

Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is perfect. Each country will pursue a path rooted in the culture of its people, and – in the past – America has too often been selective in its promotion of democracy. But that does not weaken our commitment, it only reinforces it. There are basic principles that are universal; there are certain truths which are self evident – and the United States of America will never waiver in our efforts to stand up for the right of people everywhere to determine their own destiny.

But more importantly, this is an implicit shout out to the people of Iran and those in the U.S., especially in Congress, who demand American intervention through sanctions in the still ongoing turmoil there. We support democratic movements but we cannot simply create them with a heavy stick.

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