Hoekstra: democracy cannot work in Iraq.

Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), ranking member on the House Select Committee on Intelligence, said that “he’s changed his original support for the Bush administration’s stated goal of molding a democratic Iraq as a means to stabilize the Middle East.” “You’ve got a culture where democracy is not part of, ‘Let’s go there,’” Hoekstra said. “It was a stretch.” Nevertheless, “Hoekstra said he opposes setting a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops.”