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Spaniards who once suffered under Franco invariably argue that the struggle for democracy is always virtuous. At the other end of the spectrum is the experience of Usama Rehda, an Iraqi citizen for whom democratic change has meant poverty, corruption and the constant threat of car bombs. “You know what they say,” he recently remarked. “Be nice to the Americans or they’ll punish you with democracy.” Between those two extremes lies an issue that demands debate.

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