According to an op-ed in the Egyptian Arabic newspaper, Akhbar Elyom, translated as always by WatchingAmerica.com, the Arabs really, really don’t like Bush, whose visit this last week is seen in the context of the betrayal of their very own Mubarak back in 2004, when Bush in a meeting with a Israel’s Sharon went back on agreements made with Mubarak just 48 hrs earlier at Crawford, Texas. Hence, the title of the article, “Unbound by Promises and Biased toward Israel”
As is so often highlighted in the Arabic press, it’s not just the perceived unfairness of the policies of the Bush Administration in the Middle East, but it’s also the hypocrisy that they perceive when they set the actions against the words:
The result of his obsessive policies has been to plunge much of the world into conflict and to spread the phenomenon of terrorism … Besides all this, at the same time he leads the call in the face of international popular resistance, to self-determination and liberation.
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Robin Koerner is a British-born citizen of the USA, who currently serves as Academic Dean of the John Locke Institute. He holds graduate degrees in both Physics and the Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge (U.K.). He is also the founder of WatchingAmerica.com, an organization of over 100 volunteers that translates and posts in English views about the USA from all over the world.
Robin may be best known for having coined the term “Blue Republican” to refer to liberals and independents who joined the GOP to support Ron Paul’s bid for the presidency in 2012 (and, in so doing, launching the largest coalition that existed for that candidate).
Robin’s current work as a trainer and a consultant, and his book If You Can Keep It , focus on overcoming distrust and bridging ideological division to improve politics and lives. His current project, Humilitarian, promotes humility and civility as a basis for improved political discourse and outcomes.