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...MW: I think democracy should be one of our goals in foreign policy, but not the sole goal. And if there’s one thing we’ve seen, whether it’s in Iraq or the Palestinian Authority, an election alone does not make a democratic society, without the establishment of rule of law, minority rights, civil society. So no, I don’t believe that democratization alone should be the overriding principle of our foreign policy...
...MW: Well, first, I agree. The Bush administration, with its unilateral focus on Iraq, has been late to the process of recognizing the genocide there. The real human tragedy that’s going on, it is a complicated issue in that, while you’ve got the African Union troops there, I think looking at other international troop presence to try to end the violence in Darfur has to be a real, viable option to that, coupled with increased international pressure on the Sudanese government to stop the killing...
...MW: I think that...the world needs American leadership—American leadership that is not only military leadership but also leadership with some moral suasion. Part of what we’ve lost with this administration is the ability to provide that moral leadership in the eyes of most of the rest of the world...
...MW: ...If your bigger questions is—and I’ll be the first to admit this—if the Democratic Party wants somebody that’s going to check every box in terms of traditional Democratic orthodoxy, I’m not the guy. And I’m very comfortable with that...
...MW: Do I look like a fool, being willing to weigh into that debate? [Laughs...