"Count the nations with democratically elected governments."
ISTR that Hamas was democratically elected in Gaza. Which rather upset the U.S. administration, which had long been trumpeting the benefits of democractic elections (never mind their own electoral...irregularities).
Compounding the Muslim == Arab fallacy, there's the "democratic election == good, humanitarian leadership and/or U.S. ally" fallacy.
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Date: 2009-01-15 01:02 pm (UTC)ISTR that Hamas was democratically elected in Gaza. Which rather upset the U.S. administration, which had long been trumpeting the benefits of democractic elections (never mind their own electoral...irregularities).
Compounding the Muslim == Arab fallacy, there's the "democratic election == good, humanitarian leadership and/or U.S. ally" fallacy.