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On the recordDecember 12, 2005
We can't force a democracy on them. They're for democracy, they're against occupation.
Said by
John Murtha
Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Murtha argues that Iraqis must achieve democracy on their own without U.S. imposition.

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