Friday, August 10, 2007

Memo From Dubai:U.S. Backs Free Lebanon Elections, Only to See Allies Lose

From the NYTimes, here
"...Mr. (Al Akhbar's Nicolas) Nassif added, “Since then, every time the Americans interfere, it ends in a war or in their expulsion...”
“... It’s the kiss of death,” said Turki al-Rasheed, a Saudi reformer who watched last Sunday’s elections closely. “The minute you are counted on or backed by the Americans, kiss it goodbye, you will never win...”

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