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What does it mean?
Bush claims Saddam Hussein destroyed potential democratic leaders like Mandela.
In plain terms
Saddam killed people who could lead democracies.
What can you take from it?
Dictators stop democracy from growing.

Where it applies

  • speeches
  • foreign policy
  • justification

Putting it to work

  • highlighting tyranny
  • contrasting systems

Questions to consider

  • How do dictators affect leadership?
  • What stops democracy in other regions?

Another view

Calling all potential leaders Mandelas is a vague metaphor.

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