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| Saudi paper Al-Riyadh: United States is poking its nose into places that it doesn't belong |
| 2006-05-13 |
| America at War With the World and Itself Is it possible that the United States is poking its nose into places that it doesn't belong? According to this editorial from Saudi Arabia's Arabic-language Al-Riyadh, by doing so, the Bush Administration has created tremendous domestic turmoil for itself, and has turned even its friends into adversaries. EDITORIAL Translated by Nicolas Dagher ends with... Besides all of these reasons, there is global political animosity toward any of America's old explanations, such as fighting communism, which was swept away with the disintegration of the Soviets. Similarly, using the pretext of the war on terror and the spread of democracy to serve America's hegemonic interests has become a problem, and has created a predicament that can no longer be called a triumph. This is what is pushing American domestic forces to speak up and openly oppose the policies of their leaders. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #1 of course, the saudi gov't will say that the newspapers can print what they want (sorta reminds me of edgar bergen getting angry with charlie mccarthy). still, they don't put much support behind that argument when cartoons are printed. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2006-05-13 12:13 |