Thursday, August 26, 2004
Bandar Bush for Kerry?
From UPI:
Now, I don't really care if we piss off some of the Middle East leaders, especially the two-faced Saudis, but we could use some of their help in Iraq, and I don't trust what Iran has been doing lately. This report just goes along with how most Arabs ands Muslims see the U.S. now-being too one sided in our support of Israel. I don't think we should abandon our support of Israel, but we shouldn't kowtow to everything Sharon wants. If we really want to win Arab/Muslim hearts and minds, we at least have to pretend to be fair.
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The only people who want President George W. Bush out of the White House as much as America's enemies in the Arab world are America's friends.
This is in, part, because Bush is seen as the most blatantly pro-Israel American leader in modern history. It also reflects the widespread belief throughout the Arab world that all real power in the Bush administration is welded by fiercely pro-Israel and anti-Arab neo-conservatives led by the likes of Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz and Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith. But the real reasons for this suspicion and distrust in fact go far deeper than that
Now, I don't really care if we piss off some of the Middle East leaders, especially the two-faced Saudis, but we could use some of their help in Iraq, and I don't trust what Iran has been doing lately. This report just goes along with how most Arabs ands Muslims see the U.S. now-being too one sided in our support of Israel. I don't think we should abandon our support of Israel, but we shouldn't kowtow to everything Sharon wants. If we really want to win Arab/Muslim hearts and minds, we at least have to pretend to be fair.
