Gordon Wood, Professor of History at Brown university questions the viability of installing regieme change in the Middle East citing that the Islamic culture is a long way away from accepting key liberal democratic fundamentals such as the separation of religion and state.
He draws parallels between the 17th century strife between Catholics and Protestants in Europe (historically acknowledged as the 30 years war) and Iraq’s current Sunni-Shia unrest to illustrate just how far Iraq has to go before it can be capable of supporting democracy.
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