Nevermind Ghandi

Glenn Reynolds has a lengthly and regularly updated post up this morning in response to a columnist who thinks that America should not be leading the charge for democracy:


This is a country that 40 years ago restricted the right to vote, use public facilities or eat in restaurants to some of its citizens. It's a country with a long-standing record of supporting autocratic regimes and dictatorships and overthrowing democratically elected government officials around the world.

When did the United States become the chief exporter of democracy to the Arab world?
Sorry, bloggers. When it comes to regime change and nation-building, I can't follow the wisdom of Bush and his crew. I lean more toward the words of a real straight shooter, Mohandas Gandhi:

"The spirit of democracy cannot be imposed from without. It has to come from within."

Reynolds then goes on to debunk the silly Ghandi analogy (which I've written about in the comments here). I'll focus Brown's dripping contempt for America, which is just another sign of the hated that many on the Left has for our country, and why they can never again be trusted with the reins of political power.