>>I see that the Merriam-Webster definition doesn't mention specific social system as a prerequisite for freedom. It does, however, list "the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action". So, forcing your model of freedom upon other nations would actually be coercion, which then makes them not free by this very definition.
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>We agree.
>We are not imposing our model of freedom. The Iraqis are forming thier own government, based on their own Constitution, written by them.

Why do I have a feeling that they somehow had a foreign power watching over their shoulder. The phrase "Constitution we approved" has been spoken.

>>Same goes for democracy - you can't possibly think that the American model thereof is the only valid one.
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>I do not think it is the only valid one.
>I this the American model is the best one. ;)

Best one for USA. Not for every country.