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2005-06-12 Arabia

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Posted by Cheng Uleregum5971 2005-06-12 09:38|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I will say for GWB that he has an uncanny ability to keep these dictators both on their toes and unbalanced. Very discreetly for a while now we have been carrot-and-sticking the Yemenese into getting their house in order. In many ways they are doing so, but their government is still rife with rotten apples that need to be purged. We are just letting everybody concerned know that the essense of democracy is that you do your job better than the other guy, or the other guy gets your job.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-06-12 13:17|| 2005-06-12 13:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Sheikh Abdullah has been known to call the U.S. "bloodsuckers" and worse. I don't know what diplomatic channels you have to go through to get that kind of rhetoric OKed, but...

Posted by beagletwo 2005-06-12 19:28|| 2005-06-12 19:28|| Front Page Top

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