Word: pro-western
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...people took to the streets of Beirut and other cities to demand the withdrawal of the Syrian troops that had been garrisoned in the country for decades, as Damascus acted as the dominant influence in Lebanese politics. Despite the withdrawal of its troops and the creation of the pro-Western government, Syria has continued to exert political influence through Hizballah, Lebanon's largest political party also backed by Iran, and its Christian allies under General Michel Aoun...
...possible to convince everyone. The key person was [Solidarity leader] Lech Walesa. A not-highly educated, some would say simple, man, but deeply clever, wise, with huge intuition. Walesa - this is his greatness - put Solidarity and his own authority in play to protect Poland's free market and pro-Western orientation...
...makes the U.S. great. Yet by recognizing Kosovo, America has turned a blind eye to the rule of law and has destabilized the globe. This is about Canada and the French-speaking Québécois, Turkey and the Kurds, Spain and the Basques. Boris Tadic - the moderate, pro-Western Serbian President - properly asked, "Who guarantees that parts of your countries will not declare independence in the same way?" We know the answer: no one. Tina Hone, Falls Church, Virginia...
...paper still relishes its role as a combatant. There is no pretext of objectivity. Novaya Gazeta may be pro-Western, but the kind of journalism the paper churns out would hardly sit well at a newspaper in, say, the U.S., where reporters are expected to see both sides. Here reporters are expected not so much to unearth news as to find information that corroborates what everyone in the newsroom already believes: the Kremlin is bad; the security apparatus is bad; the intelligentsia is good; the Westernizers and liberals are right...
...Even a staunchly pro-Western Georgia, furious as it is with Russia, might finally be forced back into Russia's orbit because of Kosovo. "It's indeed surrealistic," quips Japaridze darkly: "How it happens that in terms of the 'Kosovo Precedent' we, Georgians, Azerbaijani, Moldovans, have to support Russia's position and go against the West...