Democracy's Dilemmas.

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    • Subject Terms:
      LEBANON; IRAQ; UNITED States
    • Subject Terms:
      BUSH, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
    • Abstract:
      This article focuses on the social forces that lead to the cedar revolution in Lebanon. In what is being called the "cedar revolution," demonstrators in Beirut brought down the pro-Syrian government at the end of February and forced Damascus to announce the withdrawal of its 14,000 troops from Lebanon. But it would be wrong to ignore the complexities of the situation, especially in Lebanon or to credit the Administration of U.S. President George W. Bush's war on Iraq for the encouraging signs. It would also be a mistake to conclude that the cedar revolution in any way vindicates or legitimizes the US invasion of Iraq. Rather, the larger lesson may be less about US-inspired democracy than about Arab self-determination and the rejection of occupation.