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

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.