Michael McFaul comments in the Washington Post on 'dissident' President Bush as his democracy push falters

Some presidents in the past had promoted liberty or human rights around the world, however, "rhetorically, nobody, including even Ronald Reagan, devoted more words in a major speech to this objective than George W. Bush," said Michael McFaul, Director of CDDRL. Yet, two and a half years after President Bush pledged in his second inaugural address to spread democracy around the world, the grand project has bogged down in a bureaucratic and geopolitical morass, as viewed by many, and even many in his administration never bought into the idea. Read more »