A Little Faith Restored
For many years, and especially the last six, I have felt shame, outrage, and frustration at the way the US has carried out its foreign policy in the Middle East. Yesterday, with the results of the mid-term elections, my faith in America has been somewhat restored. I believe Americans are generally a fair people when they get to know the facts. I also believe that in America the truth about a situation eventually emerges and people are eventually held accountable for their actions. When the truth about the Iraq war finally began to emerge in America, the people didn't like what they heard and they were able to do something about it through the elections. That's what's good about our democracy, however flawed. Alas, this degree of transparency, accountability and the mechanisms to allow the people to have a greater say in the direction their government is going is still lacking in Middle Eastern countries.
Now, to avoid the sort of debacle we have brought upon Iraq, I wish the Americans would confront the truth about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict!!...............z
Now, to avoid the sort of debacle we have brought upon Iraq, I wish the Americans would confront the truth about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict!!...............z
posted by joladies at Thursday, November 09, 2006
2 Comments:
yes americans are fair people joladies,hope we all extend a hands to peace, amen.
I’m glad the democrats won or rather republicans lost. But I do not share your optimism about a change of policy in the Middle East, in Iraq may be but in ME I expect it to stay the same if it doesn’t get worse.
The reason, in my opinion, is that the democrats will try to one up the republicans in fighting terrorism, namely the Arabs and Iran and supporting Israel, America’s ally in the war against terror and the Oasis of democracy in the Middle Eastern desert of tyranny.
Still, I agree with you that Americans are fair people when they get to know the facts. However, in the case of Palestine, it’s in nobody’s interest (Democrats, Republicans and Media) to let Americans know the truth.
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