My Private Idaho - New York Times

My Private Idaho - New York Times: "But, as a former C.I.A. Middle East specialist, Reuel Marc Gerecht, said on 'Meet the Press,' U.S. democracy in 1900 didn't let women vote. If Iraqi democracy resembled that, 'we'd all be thrilled,' he said. 'I mean, women's social rights are not critical to the evolution of democracy.'"