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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (488246)	11/6/2003 1:07:33 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

"He said the United States and other nations shared blame for the lack of democratic freedoms in the Middle East." "Sixty years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East did nothing to make us safe because in the long run stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty," Bush said. >>> He's got a point. As long as we support Dictators... and occasionally overthrow Democratically elected governments (a la our history in Iran), then it's hard to argue that we've done much to inculcate Democracy there. >>> Perhaps he should 'put his money where his mouth is'... and end our support for the repressive Dictatorships in Central Asia?