THE CAMBODIAZATION OF PAKISTAN ROLLS ON--AS ARABS IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONTINUES TO RIDICULE U.S. ATTITUDE ON DEMOCRACY

 In short, after the Nixon administration’s expansion of the war into Cambodia, the middle class and mainstream America began marching on Washington and started speaking out in large numbers against the war, i.e. in numbers too large to be ignored . Within three years the U.S. military had begun its exit from Southeast Asia.  

ARAB VIEW ON U.S. ROLE AS PROMOTER OF DEMOCRACY

 

Negroponte’s failure to stand strongly with democratic forces in Pakistan during and after his meeting with President-General Musharrif this past weekend has further disgruntled Arabs in the Middle East who are already disappointed by the U.S. administration’s continued support of strongmen, who controlling governments and limiting democracy in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Israel/Palestine in recent years.

 

The general perception of Arab people in the street to generals in the military—and throughout the region from Kuwait to northern Africa--is that the American promotion of democracy is a fairly negotiable article for American foreign policy leadership.

  

NOTES

 

Schnitt, Eric, Mazzetti, Mark, & Gall, Carlotta, “U.S. may increase role in Pakistan:  Strategy envisions enlisting tribal chiefs in fight against Al Quaeda and Taliban”, International Herald-Tribune, 19 November 2007, p.1, 8.

 

Sanger, David E.  “U.S. aiding Pakistan on nuclear security:  Clandestine effort protects arsenal, but instability threatens fuels worries”, International Herald-Tribune, 19 November 2007, p. 8.

 

“Sectarian violence kills 91 in Pakistan”, International Herald-Tribune, 19 November 2007, p. 8.

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