Saturday, November 19, 2005

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I don't like the image of Bill Clinton in the Middle East saying to a group of Arab students that the United States made a big mistake going into Iraq, and getting a standing ovation. That's a weak-ass move. To me, this is an example of Clinton craving approval and love at the expense of talking about the hard truth - that the cause of Arab misery is not the United States or the Israel-Palestine conflict - but their own inept governments. Clinton is merely stroking the one idea that gives every Arab a hard-on, the idea that America is to blame for their problems. It is the one issue that can rally the Arab/Muslim masses together and make them feel good. The sad thing is that it is untruthful and will never lead to alleviating their problems of poverty, unemployment, and lack of political liberty.

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