The Post 9/11 Debacle Caused by the US Democracy Rhetoric: Assessing The Case of Iraq between 2001 and 2009

Annales des Lettres et des Langues de l’Université de Guelma, N°19, Juin 2017

23 Pages Posted: 2 Jan 2018

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Abdelkrim Dekhakhena

Université 8 Mai 1945 - Guelma; Badji Mokhtar University - Department of English; Manchester Metropolitan University; Bard College

Date Written: June 30, 2017

Abstract

This article analyzes why the Freedom Agenda, after the invasion of Iraq, did not proceed as the neoconservatives expected and how the rhetoric of the Bush administration on the Promotion of democracy was confronted by the nature of Middle Eastern society. It shows that the rush of neoconservatives for regime change in Iraq lacking real plans has compromised the administration's efforts to promote democracy and sow liberalism in the rest of the region.

Keywords: US foreign policy, Iraq, neocons, democracy promotion, rhetoric

Suggested Citation

Dekhakhena, Abdelkrim, The Post 9/11 Debacle Caused by the US Democracy Rhetoric: Assessing The Case of Iraq between 2001 and 2009 (June 30, 2017). Annales des Lettres et des Langues de l’Université de Guelma, N°19, Juin 2017, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3092972

Abdelkrim Dekhakhena (Contact Author)

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Badji Mokhtar University - Department of English ( email )

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Manchester Metropolitan University ( email )

All Saints
Manchester, M15 6BH
United Kingdom

Bard College ( email )

Annandale, New York
NY
United States

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