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2004-03-26 Arabia

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Posted by muck4doo 2004-03-26 2:08:23 PM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 and just proves skerry's point - iraq has nothing to do with WOT----yea whatever!

Posted by Dan 2004-03-26 3:09:30 PM|| 2004-03-26 3:09:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Cool one Muck!!

Posted by Evert Visser in NL 2004-03-26 4:28:40 PM|| [http://chinditz.buzznet.com/user/] 2004-03-26 4:28:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]

Posted by Anonymous TROLL 2004-03-26 8:20:43 PM|| 2004-03-26 8:20:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 The author conspicuously fails to make one of his own best points.

Cynics found proof of their suspicions in the spectacle of Moammar Kadafi, Libya's eccentric despot and a longtime foe of the United States. Late last year, Kadafi agreed to pay settlements to Libya's terrorism victims, renounced weapons of mass destruction and welcomed weapons inspectors.

"Kadafi never became democratic â he just gave up his arms and then he became a friend," said Diaa Rashwan, an Egyptian analyst. "So the Arab regimes know the game is clear."

For America's forceful claims of democratic superiority to be taken seriously in the Middle East, Libya must institute representative government as a mandatory part of Kadafi's readmission fee into world politics. If the United States is seen to congratulate itself solely for the questionable success of retrenching a reformed dictator's repressive autocracy, we will have lost much face on the Arab street.

Posted by Zenster 2004-04-05 9:55:15 AM|| 2004-04-05 9:55:15 AM|| Front Page Top

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