Wolfowitz— It was necessary to subvert democracy in order to promote democracy

... the Bush administration, [Wolfowitz] said, was disappointed that the Turkish military did not play the strong leadership role on that issue [i.e., the Iraq debate] that we would have expected.
Outside the context of Turkish politics, that statement might seem obscure or insignificant. But in Turkey the meaning seemed painfully clear: The United States wished the Turkish military had either overruled the elected government or perhaps even pushed it aside in favor of one more subservient to U.S. demands.