About midwifing democracy

** The late Jeane Kirkpatrick was appointed by Ronald Reagan as UN Ambassador. She was a major force in neoconservatism, and helped shaped American military, diplomatic and covert actions in the 80s. Here's what she said about the Carter foreign policy at the time:

"Vietnam presumably taught us that the United States could not serve as the world's policeman; it should also have taught us the dangers of trying to be the world's midwife to democracy when the birth is scheduled to take place under conditions of guerrilla war." - Full Text