One of the justifications’s for the Viet Nam war was "the Domino Theory", if Viet Nam became a Communist country, all the other Southeast Asian countries would tip, one after another, to Communism, like, well, dominos. But Viet Nam DID become a Communist country; and what happened to the rest of Southeast Asia?
A Communist Viet Nam did NOT tip Southeast Asia to communism...
A Democratic Iran will NOT tip Middle East to democracy...
But the STILL Bush administration tries to make this argument for democracy in Iraq tipping other middle eastern countries to a different style of government: "As I stated in a speech in the lead-up to the war, a liberated Iraq could show the power of freedom to transform the Middle East by bringing hope and progress to the lives of millions. So we're helping the Iraqi -- Iraqi people build a lasting democracy that is peaceful and prosperous and an example for the broader Middle East." President George Bush from: President Discusses Iraqi Elections, Victory in the War on Terror.
How can he say this? Ignorance of the history that proves the Domino Theory did not hold up in the real world. I repeat:
A Communist Viet Nam did NOT tip Southeast Asia to communism...
A Democratic Iran will NOT tip Middle East to democracy...