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...insulting to think that Arab families don't have the same motives. Yet tapping that sentiment to build a constituency for change won't be easy. Those east of the Iron Curtain, Geoana points out, were conscious that Western Europe offered them an alternative that was geographically and culturally close. No Arab state, yet, acts as such a model. Moreover, in Europe, change was associated with the rejection of imperial--in this case, Russian--rule. But in Iraq, regime change through the force of American arms could easily be seen as the reimposition of imperialism. Fairly...
...ideal situation, the Arab world would deserve and have both. How the Administration plans to work toward that happy consummation is another of those awkward unanswered questions. This fall, there are too many of those around for comfort...
...must support Clark's arguments that we take the time to "do the whole job the right way." Rushing into war will not improve the U.S.'s reputation in the Arab world. As Clark points out, we will be responsible for a postconflict plan to rebuild Iraq after years of neglect, self-inflicted damage and social repression. We cannot hope to understand the urgent needs and challenges facing the Iraqi people in a post-Saddam nation without the input of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and other countries in the region. Let's make sure we take the time, as Clark suggests...
...town of Silwan, nestled below the southern wall of the Old City, is a fairly typical Jerusalem-area Arab village--densely settled, tense and poor. But it does possess one distinction: numerous 1st century subterranean Jewish burial caves, some of which now double as basements for Silwan's rough cinder-block houses. Unofficial excavations by residents and by professional looters, although illegal, have long supplied the antiquities market with pots, lamps and other artifacts. According to the ossuary's owner, the dealer who sold it to him told him it was found in the Silwan area. The owner says...
...there is one thing hawks and doves agree on, it is that Iraq needs democracy. No one can doubt that democracy in Iraq would be a boon to the country and to the region. It would destroy the theory that the Arab world is incompatible with democracy and would undermine the loathsome Middle Eastern governments that spread the poison of anti-Americanism to cover up their own mismanagement. As with so many attempts to bring idealism into foreign policy, the problem is in the execution...