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| Another Completely Whacked Wash Times Editorial |
| 2004-08-26 |
| via Wash Times / UPI - EFL because it sucks... Must be something in the water at the Executive HQ... Filing under Fifth Column for inanity. By Claude Salhani UPI International Editor - August 26, 2004 Pull out a map of the Middle East and take a quick glance at it. With your eyes closed, run your hand over the area, randomly stopping over any part of the Arab world. Chances are your finger will point at a country in turmoil. And by the looks of it, conditions are not about to improve any time soon. Despite attempts -- and the best of intentions -- importing democracy to the Middle East has not been a thriving venture. In a self-flagellating editorial, the London-based Saudi daily al-Sharq al-Awsat deplored the violence currently sweeping through several Arab countries. The newspaper lamented that no matter how you look at the Middle East, only violence seems to prevail and that "the language of arms" is triumphing over dialogue and peace. "In Yemen, there is no news but that of the army offensive against the rebellious cleric Hussein Badreddine al-Houthy, and the killing of scores of innocent civilians," states the newspaper. "In Iraq, we only hear the sounds of the fighting raging in Najaf and news of the kidnapping of foreigners and sabotaging of oil pipelines." ...much more of the same hand wringing, whining, poofta poop... Amazingly myopic view of, well, the entire Middle East - and only one culprit identified and associated with all the perceived ills: The Great Satan. Claude, baby, just between you and me, bro, you're a fuckwit. Stop hanging out with Arnoud - you're becoming interchangable. |
| Posted by:.com |
| #5 This guy's a freakin' moron2. Can he point to another three to five year span where a given country in the Middle East wasn't in turmoil? Doubtful. |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-08-26 1:00:01 PM |
| #4 By whacked, do you mean it is a litany of complaints w/o offering a course of action or solution? What do you expect, since it is written by UPI and Reuter's mideast correspondent Claude Salhani (probably Lebanese) who has now been kicked up to management? Grow up Salhani. You're management now. It's your job to come up with solutions, not just report on them anymore. http://about.upi.com/journalists/claude_salhani.jlst |
| Posted by: ed 2004-08-26 8:42:58 AM |
| #3 Claude Salhani, posessor of child-like impatience or blithering moron? Didn't Lebanon's system work just fine until the mid-70's? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-08-26 3:10:25 AM |
| #2 You can't "import" democracy. What you can do is give people a chance to develop it... by ridding them of dictators. With turbans or without. This it what happened in Iraq. And people now have a real chance to make a choice. If they blow it they shouldn't blame the U.S. I believe that most Iranians envy the Iraqis for having that choice. And probably shake their heads in disbelief. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-08-26 2:21:54 AM |
| #1 Damn, forgot to show their title: "Analysis: The Middle East's woes" Analysis? Lol! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-26 2:04:03 AM |