Frank Stephenson writes about an inane line in Obama’s speech in India:
India and Democracy
From the teleprompter reader in chief’s address to India’s parliament:
“This year, as India marks 60 years with a strong and democratic constitution, the lesson is clear: India has succeeded, not in spite of democracy; India has succeeded because of democracy.
Well then what took it so long? One can quibble with what it means for a nation to be successful (one can even think the notion is meaningless) but economic success didn’t really come to India until the last 20 years or so. If this economic improvement is what Obama means by success then his this democracy thing sure is slow acting. After all, it was only some 40 years after India became a democracy for the improved economic conditions to arrive. Of course the real answer lies in improved economic liberty not with democracy.
