How have things been going so far?
My point is that the endemic problems plaguing the Islamic world are THEIR problems.
They need to solve them.
I have no problem supporting besieged liberal dissidents or intelligentsia in Syria and Egypt-and boosting our efforts to depose the Iranian regime from within, through a popular uprising if necessary-but I don't think we should be under any illusions that the Arab or Muslim world will ever be some replica of the United States or Europe.
The people who think that are clinging to illusions.
This instant gratification crap does not fit in that plan.
You are wrong about this, and I hope you see that error sometime before you cash in your chips.
This debacle, added to the rest of the strategic errors made in the last two years by members of the party, have put us into a tail spin that we cannot get out of. It is a disgrace and a sign of the demise of a what once was a great country.
Bush cannot put this rift back together, and he cannot repair the damages. This will cause a power shift that you cannot stop.
The Chinese will simply step into the vacuum.