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2004-12-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Anonymoose 2004-12-06 9:13:58 AM|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's that strong horse thing Binny talked about.

Posted by Steve 2004-12-06 9:41:33 AM|| 2004-12-06 9:41:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 What a novel take on the American election by a professor. Bush won because the proletariat are a bunch of homophobic, gun-totin', religious-sheep, ignorami. Such deep and insightful thought.

Posted by 2b 2004-12-06 10:09:55 AM|| 2004-12-06 10:09:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 What the libs don't understand is that in other cultures, strength is respected. Negotiation is a sign of weakness. Arabs do abhor the exporting of porn, abortion and drugs which have come to represent America to much of the world.

Posted by John Simmins 2004-12-06 10:27:39 AM|| 2004-12-06 10:27:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Actually, negotiating itself isn't a sign of weakness. It's not establishing that you will negotiate from a position of strength (which can be as simple as pointing out that what the other party is delivering is not what was originally promised).

Posted by Pappy 2004-12-06 12:01:39 PM|| 2004-12-06 12:01:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Wow. He winds up the piece with:

And thus I came to realize something that the Democrats could never admit: that there exists a support base for both the Republicans' domestic and foreign agenda among the very people we thought most opposed current U.S. policy. The cultural background and value systems which inform many of these young Arabs' outlook on the world mean they will always favor men like Bush over men like Kerry. The tenets of faith, family and, yes, "moral issues" determine the overall political leanings of a considerable number of the Middle East's future leaders, in rejection of Democratic stump issues like increased liberalism, internationalism and scientific progress.

Though Democrats are often quick to criticize their opponents for seeing the issues in stark black and white, "us and them" terms, perhaps they ought to step back from their own obsession with "red" and "blue" dichotomies and recognize this nuance of Middle Eastern reality. Having a truly even-handed and practical approach to peace in the Arab world means realizing that not everyone, and certainly not all of the elites in Arab society, sympathize with the anti-American movements taking place within their own ranks, and that these heartland Arabs could prove a valuable ally in future U.S.-Arab relations.

Posted by trailing wife 2004-12-06 2:03:10 PM|| 2004-12-06 2:03:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 You guys are slllooowww. I posted this on Saturday night.

Worth posting again, however.

Posted by Capt America 2004-12-06 5:13:08 PM|| 2004-12-06 5:13:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 You guys are slllooowww. I posted this on Saturday night.

Yes, but nobody with a social life is here on Saturday night... :P

Posted by Pappy 2004-12-06 5:54:42 PM|| 2004-12-06 5:54:42 PM|| Front Page Top

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