Holden at First Draft caught this NY Times article and it turns out that American support is the kiss of death for any politician seeking election in the Middle East. Nice, huh?
U.S. Backs Free Elections, Only to See Allies Lose
By HASSAN M. FATTAH
Published: August 10, 2007
Mr. Gemayel’s doom seems to have been sealed by his support from the Bush administration and the implied agendas behind its backing.
“It’s the kiss of death,” said Turki al-Rasheed, a Saudi reformer who watched last Sunday’s elections closely. “The minute you are counted on or backed by the Americans, kiss it goodbye, you will never win.”
The paradox of American policy in the Middle East — promoting democracy on the assumption it will bring countries closer to the West — is that almost everywhere there are free elections, the American-backed side tends to lose.
Monday, August 13, 2007
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lenin stalin maa kim fidel: all progressives; all promised a new age, a REVOLUTION which would bring PROGRESS, utopia.
and they gave us genocide -
FOR THE COMMON GOOD, of course...
plenty of DOCUMENTATION with footnotes at jon jay ray's blog
dissecting leftism.
wake up.
i did.
u can 2.
Progressives AREN'T Utopian. Read Turgenev's Fathers and Sons. The FATHER is the progressive.
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