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Lindsey Graham: One of the biggest nightmares of the dictatorship in Syria and the theocracy in Iran is to have a functioning democracy…

On the recordJanuary 23, 2007
One of the biggest nightmares of the dictatorship in Syria and the theocracy in Iran is to have a functioning democracy in Iraq. It threatens their regimes.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina
Source
congress.gov
Jan 23, 2007

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of democracy in Iraq for Syria and Iran.

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