Under totalitarianism the challenge is to fight evil …, and in free societies it is to see evil.
Natan Sharansky’s passion for democracy isn’t always welcome in the West.
…They say the Arabs are not capable of this–such a strong racist statement.” He pauses. “That’s interesting. It’s politically uncorrect [sic] to be a racist, but it’s so politically correct now to say that promoting democracy is a bad idea.”
…In response to the line that “democracy can’t be imposed from outside,” Mr. Sharansky shoots back that the Soviets improved their human-rights record after the 1975 Helsinki Accords put the spotlight on it. The U.S. and Europe have far greater economic and political leverage in Arab countries than with Moscow then to force through reforms of their economies, politics and schools. They choose not to use it.
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