Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Broken Engagement
The great General Wesley Clark, compares Reagan's Cold War strategy to Bush's Middle East strategy, and there's a BIG difference.
Dear Senator John Kerry,
Please pick Wesley Clark as your Vice President.
Thanks,
Brian
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"Bush, of course, has accompanied his invasion of Iraq with similarly bold and eloquent rhetoric about the prospect of peace and democracy throughout the Arab world. But it is hard to exaggerate how differently his words and deeds have been received in the Middle East, compared to Reagan's behind the Iron Curtain. While heartening some advocates of democracy, Bush's approach has provoked perhaps the fiercest and most alarming anti-American backlash in history. To take but one example, a March poll conducted by the Pew Center found that the percentage of people in Muslim countries who think suicide bombings are justified has grown by roughly 40 percent since the American occupation of Iraq. Even the most Western-friendly, pro-democratic media outlets in countries such as Jordan and Lebanon now openly question whether the Americans are anti-Islamic crusaders bent on assisting the Israeli occupiers of Palestine. This is a long way from Prague, circa 1989. "
Dear Senator John Kerry,
Please pick Wesley Clark as your Vice President.
Thanks,
Brian
