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2004-08-26 Fifth Column

Another Completely Whacked Wash Times Editorial

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Posted by .com 2004-08-26 2:00:57 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#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|| 2004-08-26 2:04:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-08-26 2:21:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-08-26 3:10:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-08-26 8:42:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-08-26 1:00:01 PM|| Front Page Top

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