Natan Sharansky and George Bush are not ones to be underestimated. This might be the equivalent of winning the Cold War - only in the Middle East. Are we being too idealistic or does this make sense when the old realism no longer works?
To: baseball_fan
The realism of the past - the embracing of dictators and totalitarian regimes in the belief that it promoted our strategic interests aka "stability" - gave us 9/11.
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11/20/2004 11:47:47 AM PST by
HockeyPop
To: baseball_fan
Maybe Bush could talk to his buddies in the Saudi royal family about bringing "democracy" to that country...
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