Realistically Supporting a Democratic Ideal

Madeline Albright, who once chased after Yasser Arafat in her high-heeled shoes after the latter stormed out of a negotiating session with Ehud Barak, has an op-ed in today's Washington Post, in which she argues in favor of fostering democracy in the Middle East with realistic expectations of what it is likely to bring. Albright says - correctly in my opinion - that:If Arab democracy develops,