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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: LindyBill who started this subject11/8/2003 9:28:41 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 793964
 
I think this is a 48 column. Being an incorrigible Western liberal, Tom Friedman draws the wrong conclusion - the Arabs are humiliated, so we gotta be nice to them. Wrong. The Arabs may be humiliated, but we cannot forget their shame/honor drivers - we should treat with dignity those who cooperate, but be ruthless with those who oppose us. Only implacability permits submission without shame. We have no way to 'fix' the basic cause of their humiliation, which is that we are on top and they are not. Nor would we want to if we could.

The Humiliation Factor
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

...The only way we'll foster a decent government in Iraq is if every day we turn a little more power over to Iraqis and create the economic conditions where Iraqis can be successful. The more we empower Iraqis, the less humiliated they will feel, the more time we will have to help them and the less they will need our help.

nytimes.com
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