OK, class, someone tell us: what's been the attitude of the New York Times and the elite media at large toward democracy-building in Iraq?
What's that, Johnny? That it was naive for George Bush to imagine that democracy was attainable in a Muslim country riven by religious and ethnic factions? Correct.
OK, then, who'd like to predict the Times's reaction to Pres. Bush's measured response to the curtailing of democracy in Pakistan by Pervez Musharraf, perhaps our most important ally in the region in the war against terrorism?
What's that, Janie? Pakistan being another Muslim country riven by religious and ethnic factions, George Bush has adopted the appropriately pragmatic course?
Wrong! Call it a trick question, but I did say "the Times's reaction." No, the correct answer is of course that Times is blasting President Bush for the insufficiency of his efforts to promote democracy in Pakistan.
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OK, class dismissed. Oh, last thing. For future quizzes on the NYT's opinion, remember, you'll never go too far wrong in assuming that whatever the Times' past policy, when it comes to the latest development, George Bush will always be wrong.
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