Read the following statements and choose the correct code.
a. Democracy cannot be forced on the people: enforced democracy is short-lived.
b. Democracy thrives only when the people support it.
c. There was democratic system in progress when the US-UK led alliance attacked Iraq in 2003.
a) A democracy unsatisfied [by the support of the people] cannot long survive. We live in probably the most turbulent and tormented times in the history of this nation. But also we have as leaders an obligation to be fair and keep in perspective what we are and what we hope to be.
b) Democracy depends upon a literate, knowledgeable citizenry whose access to the broadest possible range of information enables them to participate as fully as possible in the public life of their society. Ignorance breeds apathy. Democracy thrives on the energy of citizens who are sustained by the unimpeded flow of ideas, data, opinions, and speculation.
c) The 2003 invasion of Iraq lasted from 20 March to 1 May 2003 and signaled the start of the Iraq War, which was dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom by the United States. According to U.S. President George W. Bush and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, the coalition mission was "to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, to end Saddam Hussein's support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people.