Afterthought

I googled "war of ideology" and found a transcript of one of President Bush's speeches published on washingtonpost.com. Here's an excerpt:

We've seen freedom conquer evil and secure the peace before. In World War II, free nations came together to fight the ideology of fascism and freedom prevailed. And today, Germany and Japan are democracies and they are allies in securing the peace. In the Cold War, freedom defeated the ideology of communism and led to a democratic movement that freed the nations of Eastern and Central Europe from Soviet domination. And today these nations are allies in the war on terror. Today in the Middle East, freedom is once again contending with an ideology that seeks to sow anger and hatred and despair. And like fascism and communism before, the hateful ideologies that use terror will be defeated by the unstoppable power of freedom. And as democracy spreads in the Middle East, these countries will become allies in the cause of peace.

It is interesting to note that while the US evangelises democracy in its so called endeavours to foster world peace, it is friends with authoritarian regimes such as Saudi Arabia. On the other hand, it disregards the democratically elected Hamas party in Palestine as well as Mahmood Ahmadinejad in Iran.