[andyfox]

"they are dead wrong to believe that majorities ultimately want secular liberal governments"

It is usually wrong to assume that the other guy, given the opportunity, would be just like us. But I heard Secretary Rumsfeld yesterday say that victory in Iraq would mean a moderate Islamic government. By "moderate," I assume he mans liberal, i.e., favorably disposed to United States interests, but the "Islamic" shows that the administratioin doesn't necessarily assume that the democratically elected governments will be secular.