What I haven’t heard from anyone is an acknowledgement of George W Bush’s prescience on the subject of democracy in the Arab world. The 43rd President set out his thinking in a speech to the World Economic Forum in Sharm el Sheikh exactly three years ago. The essence of his argument was that the West’s airy dismissal of the very notion of democracy in Islam was condescending and wrong:Thanks to Ken for forwarding this article.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Barack Obama has fumbled the Arab Spring but George W Bush saw it coming – Telegraph Blogs
Barack Obama has fumbled the Arab Spring but George W Bush saw it coming – Telegraph Blogs
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