We praise democracy most of the time, but we practice it as if we had accepted every argument against it, as if we believed it must depress the level of culture and of public life
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Turi MuntheTuri Munthe is a publisher and writer whose work has appeared in The Economist, The Nation, and the TLS. He has edited The Saddam Hussein Reader: selections from leading writers on Iraq (Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2002). Recent articlesTerrorism: not who but why? The roots of bombings in Madrid and London, Istanbul and Baghdad lie in a complex mixture of political, cultural and religious influences. Turi Munthe clears the path to a better understanding. Saddam's Islamist legacyA recent visitor to Baghdad talks to influential Iraqis: what remains after dictatorship and manipulation of history, he finds, is a messianic revolutionary spirit in Islamic garb. |
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