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...most likely choose candidates quite different from those the U.S. would prefer to see in power, we could be in for a profound change in the region's prospects. But that requires dispensing with the Cold War mentality that puts the outcome above the process, i.e. better a pro-U.S. autocrat than a democratically elected socialist (or, these days, Islamist). Henry Kissinger once justified U.S. support for the Pinochet coup in Chile by saying "I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its own people...
...Right now, the most significant opposition to the regimes of Syria, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia comes not from secular Western-oriented democrats, but from Islamists, radical and moderate. Egypt may be a pro-U.S. regime at peace with Israel; Syria has a more troubled relationship with Washington, cooperating against al-Qaeda, but less so in Iraq, while openly defying the Bush Administration on Lebanon and technically still at war with Israel, which occupies Syrian territory on the Golan Heights. But if truly democratic elections were held in both places today, the smart money would be on the Muslim...
...Ofole U. “Fofie” Mgbako ’08, a performer in the Cultural Rhythms show who watched Pinkett Smith’s speech, said he thought the speech was “insightful...
...Records indicate that the flag was probably presented by Commodore George Dewey, a hero in the battle for the Philippines, to then-U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt after the war. If Asercion has indeed found Aguinaldo's flag, "it is an incredible artifact with immense historical value that has been sitting forgotten," says San Francisco Board of Supervisors member Geraldo Sandoval, who has sponsored a motion to have the War Memorial authenticate the discovery. Not surprisingly, Philippine officials now want the flag back. "It opens up a lot of sensitive things in our relationship," says Sen. Richard Gordon, who, along...
...Aarti U. Jerath ’04 was mystified by her Facebook status at first. But then she thought a little harder...