[QUOTE]WASHINGTON—After weeks of internal debate on how to respond to uprisings in the Arab world, the Obama administration is settling on a Middle East strategy: help keep longtime allies who are willing to reform in power, even if that means the full democratic demands of their newly emboldened citizens might have to wait.
Instead of pushing for immediate regime change—as it did to varying degrees in Egypt and now Libya—the U.S. is urging protesters from Bahrain to Morocco to work with existing rulers toward what some officials and diplomats are now calling "regime alteration."
The approach has emerged amid furious lobbying of the administration by Arab governments, who were alarmed that President Barack Obama had abandoned Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and worried that, if the U.S. did the same to the beleaguered king of Bahrain, a chain of revolts could sweep them from power, too, and further upend the region's stability.
The strategy also comes in the face of domestic U.S. criticism that the administration sent mixed messages at first in Egypt, tentatively backing Mr. Mubarak before deciding to throw its full support behind the protesters demanding his ouster. Likewise in Bahrain, the U.S. decision to throw a lifeline to the ruling family came after sharp criticism of its handling of protests there. On Friday, the kingdom's opposition mounted one of its largest rallies, underlining the challenge the administration faces selling a strategy of more gradual change to the population.
Administration officials say they have been consistent throughout, urging rulers to avoid violence and make democratic reforms that address the demands of their populations. Still, a senior administration official acknowledged the past month has been a learning process for policy makers. "What we have said throughout this is that there is a need for political, economic and social reform, but the particular approach will be country by country," the official said.[/QUOTE]
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That is one misleading thread title.
It's the title of the article, i didn't make it.
Wow, that's disgusting.
Let them revolt, obama spoke of change. They bleed and died for it. Pussy bitch ass president.
I understand they need to look at stability and international interests, but this is a stab in the back of freedom coming from a nation born in revolt.
so much for "free democracy"
more like "free democracy if you're in the government and don't care about the arab people"
And we wonder why terrorist exist.
I guess the first thing I should do when I become a dictator is to be buddy buddy with the US
If this means what I think it means, then we truly are an evil greedy country.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;28451255]If this means what I think it means, then we truly are an evil greedy country.[/QUOTE]
*government
It's better than just moving in there with the Army and having people call us the "World Police" again. I believe Facepunch typically frowns upon the idea of American "liberation" in the middle east.
[QUOTE=Nitrowing;28452001]It's better than just moving in there with the Army and having people call us the "World Police" again. I believe Facepunch typically frowns upon the idea of American "liberation" in the middle east.[/QUOTE]
Damned if you do and you're damned if you don't, at least if you throw your hat into the ring and jump into the fight you stand a chance of helping people instead of letting innocents die.
Fuck I thought america would have seen a bit of kinship with the folk, they're fghting civil wars in some places for their freedom, just like the US fought against us for their freedom.
It's one thing to support regime change somewhere like Egypt, but another when that stuff starts going down in countries that supply the West with oil, that's the message I get out of this.
I think it's more that the US doesn't want a civil war in every middle eastern country.
[QUOTE=Fables;28450929]And we wonder why terrorist exist.[/QUOTE]
lets ignore religion
blame the US
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