Democratic Crusaides
... In a survey of 191 countries the annual Freedom House survey lists roughly 71% of those surveyed as free nations indicating democratic government in some form (only 41% of those same 191 countries enjoy civil and political liberties) (Wiarda 76). ... But is the United States justified in spreading democracy, particularly in cases where the democratic system was imposed on another nation through war and occupation? ... Historically we know that Hitler’s actions caused a second World War in which Hitler was removed from power and the Nazi party over thrown by the Allied forces, which included Communist as well as Democratic forces. ... More specifically it was the struggle to maintain economic, political, military and technological advantage over another country as marked by increased focus on US democratic interest, the arms race, and the space race all fought in efforts to prevent the spread of communism. ... US politics tried repeatedly to influence Russia to be come democratic and many times failed. ... To date democracy in Russia is still in the development stages, and although weak under the guise of Yeltsin it has seemingly taken root, with many aspects of it remain strange to US onlookers yet essentially democratic and still essentially Russian (Wiarda 20-26). ... I still have no doubt that Americans would not look so favorably on democratic capitalism being phased into communism. ... Perhaps in the case of the Russia, one can argue that the communist system began to break down, but this break down can be attributed to pressure from the Unites Stated and other democratic countries on some level. ... StoryID=17183) In order to maintain support for his continued war efforts Bush chose to latch on to the Democratic agenda as justification. ... He sited the stable and prosperous Chinese economy, and the lack of democratic ideals, and precursory ideas such as classes and parties.