Stop blaming others, Arab world is told

The Times (UK) ^ | 1/23/04 | Anthony Browne

[kemathen7]

Well, I hope the Arab states listen. Here's to hoping they have a "Come to Jesus" moment.

[Riley]

This is encouraging. I won't look for anything to happen anytime soon, but it's a start.

[roadcat]

“The overwhelming majority of the Arab people are under 30. This is the future of the Arab world. They watch CNN, Al-Jazeera; they read the internet, and they want the same opportunities and expect the same personal freedoms as elsewhere. This is what will drive reform.”"

I see the problem! Dudes, change the channel!

[alrea]

THE Arab world should stop blaming others and accept responsibility for its own failings

THE world should stop blaming others and accept responsibility for its own failings,

[LibWhacker]

I'm all weepy. Peace on Earth. Goodwill toward infidels. LOL, this has about a snowball's chance.

[muir_redwoods]

"stop blaming others" is darned good advice for all of us.

[COBOL2Java]

Those reformist Arab political and business leaders had better watch their backs. Certain contingents of the Arab world don't accept criticism well.

[Rebelbase]

Why should they feel the need to accomplish anything when they are so used to paying people to do it for them?

[rllngrk33]

THE Arab world should stop blaming others and accept responsibility for its own failings

I used to have a coworker who was always complaining about his problems (wife, money, racism holding him back, etc.). I got him to shut when I asked him how much of his problems were his fault.

[Destructor]

Time for a little old-fashioned "gun barrel" diplomacy!

[backtobasics]

Mr Awadallah said that the demand for reform would grow, with the young increasingly aware of what they were missing: “The overwhelming majority of the Arab people are under 30. This is the future of the Arab world. They watch CNN, Al-Jazeera; they read the internet, and they want the same opportunities and expect the same personal freedoms as elsewhere. This is what will drive reform.”

Exactly.........and no doubt Osama and his ilk are confounded, but they have drawn the spotlight of world attention and only hasten the change they so virulently detest.

[pabianice]

A night-time satellite shot of the Middle East shows Israel ablaze with light, industry, and productivity, surrounded by a pitch-dark, 14th century Arab world. The Arabs simply rage at their own failure, refusing to own it, and instead, blame Israel. That act is wearing mighty thin as the 21st century begins...

[antaresequity]

Arab governments have failed to act over the past few years. Arab governments need to rethink their models of development.

More like last ten centuries

[txhurl]

Asked whether an “Arab renaissance” would begin in the next five years, only 51 per cent of the audience said yes.

Fascinating, considering the Arabs had the cranial HP to be runnimg the planet by now, if they hadn't bought into Mohammed.

[txhurl]

Look, another fantastic nightscape!

[tessalu]

The Muslims all over the world are trying to leave the Islamic nations for better places. Islamics are trying to get their people to over-populate and spread out to other Western nations with the idea of taking them over. The Western nations are sitting ducks, and the Islamics are using the Western freedoms to their own advantage. They hope to be able to take over by sheer population numbers.

[LoudRepublicangirl]

Death before Burka!

[sheik yerbouty]

I wouldn't hold my breath on that. Their culture is intransigent.

[txhurl]

I'd go so far to say their culture is transient, literally, by religious design.