The essential role of democracy in the Bush Doctrine: the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan

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Autor(a) principal: Santos,Maria Helena de Castro
Data de Publicação: 2013
Outros Autores: Teixeira,Ulysses Tavares
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista brasileira de política internacional (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-73292013000200008
Resumo: Everyone knows that democracy played a role in the Bush Doctrine. What not everyone knows is that this role was essential for the doctrine to be put into operation under which the Iraq invasion was prepared and launched. We argue moreover that, even if aggressive, the Bush doctrine is compatible with the American Liberal Tradition. To demonstrate these arguments we analyze the links between democracy, security, and the US national interests as expressed in the pillars of the American foreign policy since the end of Cold War. The consequential belief of the Bush Administration on the positive effect of exporting democracy by the use of force to Afghanistan and Iraq to fight terrorism will be remarked. It will be shown, however, that in the first years of the Bush Administration, among the justifications for the military interventions in the two countries, security reasons prevailed over democratic concerns, although the latter was significantly present since the early hours after September 11. It was only when it became clear that WMDs did not exist in Iraq that the exporting of democracy as the ultimate weapon to fight terrorism grew remarkably and prevailed over security reasons to invade those rogue states. The paper uses quantitative and qualitative content analysis of the speeches of President Bush and his Secretaries of State and Defense.
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title The essential role of democracy in the Bush Doctrine: the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan
spellingShingle The essential role of democracy in the Bush Doctrine: the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan
Santos,Maria Helena de Castro
Afghanistan
Bush Doctrine
exporting of democracy
Iraq
military intervention
title_short The essential role of democracy in the Bush Doctrine: the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan
title_full The essential role of democracy in the Bush Doctrine: the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan
title_fullStr The essential role of democracy in the Bush Doctrine: the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan
title_full_unstemmed The essential role of democracy in the Bush Doctrine: the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan
title_sort The essential role of democracy in the Bush Doctrine: the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan
author Santos,Maria Helena de Castro
author_facet Santos,Maria Helena de Castro
Teixeira,Ulysses Tavares
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author2 Teixeira,Ulysses Tavares
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Santos,Maria Helena de Castro
Teixeira,Ulysses Tavares
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Afghanistan
Bush Doctrine
exporting of democracy
Iraq
military intervention
topic Afghanistan
Bush Doctrine
exporting of democracy
Iraq
military intervention
description Everyone knows that democracy played a role in the Bush Doctrine. What not everyone knows is that this role was essential for the doctrine to be put into operation under which the Iraq invasion was prepared and launched. We argue moreover that, even if aggressive, the Bush doctrine is compatible with the American Liberal Tradition. To demonstrate these arguments we analyze the links between democracy, security, and the US national interests as expressed in the pillars of the American foreign policy since the end of Cold War. The consequential belief of the Bush Administration on the positive effect of exporting democracy by the use of force to Afghanistan and Iraq to fight terrorism will be remarked. It will be shown, however, that in the first years of the Bush Administration, among the justifications for the military interventions in the two countries, security reasons prevailed over democratic concerns, although the latter was significantly present since the early hours after September 11. It was only when it became clear that WMDs did not exist in Iraq that the exporting of democracy as the ultimate weapon to fight terrorism grew remarkably and prevailed over security reasons to invade those rogue states. The paper uses quantitative and qualitative content analysis of the speeches of President Bush and his Secretaries of State and Defense.
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