And while McKinley had dreamed of civilizing and Christianizing, the Bush administration dreamed of liberating and democratizing not just Iraq but the entire Mideast.
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The idea was to redeem the world, not by retreating from it, but by "Christianizing it, " carrying out all the tasks of daily living with a new spirit.
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