History, Bush & Mideast Elections-Part II

The Washington Post: History Is Likely to Link Bush to Mideast Elections :
"Bush, who keeps a bust of Winston Churchill in the Oval Office and identifies with the wartime British prime minister, has made democracy in the Middle East a signature goal for his administration, rhetorically at least. In November 2003, echoing the idealism of Woodrow Wilson and Ronald Reagan, he called for a 'forward strategy of freedom' that would involve a decades-long effort to promote pluralism in Arab nations. Privately Bush has expressed the belief that success at such an endeavor would be the achievement he would be most remembered for in 50 years.
'I believe democracy can take hold in parts of the world that have been condemned to tyranny,' he told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday. 'And I believe when democracies take hold, it leads to peace. That's been the proven example around the world. Democracies equal peace. And that's what we're trying to advance in this administration.' "

I believe history will regard this as the set of breakthroughs toward resolving the "Clash of Civilizations".