2006-06-27

Sensible Critique of Bush Foriegn Policy

I greatly respect Newsweek commentator Fareed Zakaria. He's an Arab muslim who despises islamicism and promotes democracy / freedom. He is hopeful of Bush's attempt to facilitate such in Iraq, but weary and critical of that attempt. This guy does not oppose every step that Bush takes, and does not instantly erect 1,000 criticisms of every step, and does not assume that Bush lies every time he speaks, or that he wants to place the non-white world under the jack boots of evil corporate officials who enrich themselves while rendering the rest of the earth's people into starving slaves. So when Zakaria criticizes Bush, I listen. Zakaria wants the people of Arabia to own their bodies, their thoughts, the production of their labors, and the aggreements that they make with each other. He believes that Bush's war is one action that could -- if conducted properly -- help this to occur, and he wants it to succeed.

1 comment:

Nadir said...

I completely disagree with Zakaria's position on Iraq, but I do agree with the points he makes in this article.

The Bush administration has made foreign policy concessions under duress. The appointment of bozos like Bolton and the continued employment of Rumsfeld, Cheney, Negroponte and Rove prove that nothing has changed. Rice's attempts to improve American PR are seen as superficial because they are.