Word: arabize
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...realized that Arab tempers were getting out of control when an Egyptian friend told me that her mother-a cultured, well-traveled, sweet-natured grandmother-throws her shoes at the television set whenever President Bush comes on the screen. Forget whether the coalition is winning the military conflict against Saddam Hussein. After less than two weeks of fighting, the public relations war for Arab hearts and minds may already be lost...
...sounds as if the draining of the swamp of Middle East extremism is on hold for now, the Arab opposition to the war should have come as no surprise. In September 2000, bitterness toward the U.S. began to harden again. One reason was the breakdown of the U.S.-mediated Israeli-Palestinian peace process, which the U.S. blamed on the Palestinians. Another reason was what Arabs saw as American backing for Israel's strong military response to the Palestinian intifada. In any discussion about Bush's policies, no Arab will fail to remind you that the President once called hard-line...
...Bush administration's highly-publicized failure to get United Nations backing for the war gravely undermined the chances of ever winning Arab official or public support for the war. Some Arabs may differ over whether the Bush administration launched the war for oil, Israel and world domination, or for the sake of disarming a madman who possesses weapons of mass destruction. Either way, most reject Bush's calculation that America's aims are worth the human and political toll the war is taking. Daily footage of funerals and hospital wards shown on Arab satellite channels is only confirming the worst...
...officials caution that these are early days. "The Arabs love a winner," they explain. Perceptions will change once Saddam is gone, the Iraqis are finally free to express their gratitude, and the Bush administration embarks on the admirable task of helping Iraqis build the first Arab democracy...
...guys!,? said the U.S. general as he entered a room full of reporters for the first background briefing by a senior officer at CENTCOM HQ in Doha. He asked if there were any Arab media in the room. (Al Jazzera was not there...