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Vishal Bhargava
Mumbai, India
W & Wilson
Your comparison of George W. Bush with Woodrow Wilson is apt ("Why W Should Learn From WW," July 17). The Wilson administration promoted global implementation of the ideals of the American Revolution. The modern political world, as a result, is largely an American creation. It is infinitely better than the world of empires into which I was born. In the 20th century, America was instrumental in the introduction of democracy to much of Europe and East Asia, self-determination to Africa, India, the Middle East and elsewhere, and free markets throughout the world. Free markets have made it possible for countries like Japan and Germany to flourish without the dominance of natural resources that empire provided. Coincidentally, free markets have delivered the oil-derived wealth that fundamentalists are now abusing in an attempt to re-establish their medieval empire. The Bush administration is right to resist this attempt to plunge the world back into darkness.
Ewald J.H. Wessels
Cape Town, South Africa
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