Freedom marches on
Syria's occupyers began moving out of Lebanon today after moving in nearly 30 years ago in 1976. This after Lebanon's pro-Syrian puppet government "resigned" last week to make room for democratic elections, in response to demands by community protesters. Does this mean the so-called "Bush Doctrine" is actually working? Even Bush cynics from mainstream media, such as the editorial board at the New York Times, conceded in print last week: "The Bush administration is entitled to claim a healthy share of the credit for many of these advances. It boldly proclaimed the cause of Middle East democracy at a time when few in the West thought it had any realistic chance." This week, Time magazine asks whether it's "springtime for Arab Democracy." Among the signs of freedom's march: Syria's pullback from Lebanon, the recent elections in Iraq and Palestine, Saturday's announcement by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak allowing political rivals in future elections, and municipal elections in Saudi Arabia, with the possibility for "further expansion of democratic reforms." The reforms are early and largely unstable, but the developments are promising nonetheless.
posted by Jeremy Del Rio @ 3/07/2005 09:15:00 AM
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