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Why Arabs Are Anti-U.S. |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / ESSAYS |
| Author: Manuela Parapan |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2005 |
| Size: 1,295 Words, 8,146 Characters |
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In a speech at London's historic Whitehall Palace in November 2003, President George W. Bush said, "Democracy, and the hope and progress it brings [are] the alternative to instability and to hatred and terror. We cannot rely exclusively on military power to assure our long-term security. Lasting peace is gained as justice and democracy advance. In democratic and successful societies, men and women do not swear allegiance to malcontents and murderers; they turn their hearts and labor to building better lives. And democratic governments do not shelter terrorist camps."
After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the world has changed. The United States changed its priorities and its foreign policy. The enemy of modern society was closer than we had anticipated. It took us by surpri...
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...for regional preeminence, a possible radical revolution against the Saudi monarchy or Hezbollah provoking some new conformation with Israel.
Neither peace nor democracy are products that can be exported wholesale from Washington to the Middle East or anywhere else. People and nations need to find their own paths to democracy and to peaceful co-existence.
© 2004 United Press International
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