From: "Robert G Lewis" 

I was looking for something along the lines of We were wrong to support a
brutal dictator like Saddam or religious fanatics like the mujahdeen. That
our policies were wrong. We will no loner support regimes which oppress the
people of their nations.

So far we seem to be using the same tactics we have in the past.

"Mark"  wrote in message
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> "Sixty years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of
> freedom in the Middle East did nothing to make us safe -- because in the
> long run, stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty. As long
> as the Middle East remains a place where freedom does not flourish, it
> will remain a place of stagnation, resentment, and violence ready for
> export. And with the spread of weapons that can bring catastrophic harm to
> our country and to our friends, it would be reckless to accept the status
> quo.
>
> Therefore, the United States has adopted a new policy, a forward strategy
> of freedom in the Middle East. This strategy requires the same persistence
> and energy and idealism we have shown before. And it will yield the same
> results. As in Europe, as in Asia, as in every region of the world, the
> advance of freedom leads to peace."
>
> I guess you missed that section...
>
> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
> news:41e7633c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
>> "Mark"  wrote in message
>> news:41e7612a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>
>>> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote
in message
>>> news:41e758e4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> Hey it was in the 80's, just like supporting the  mujahedeen, Very
>>>> palatable then.
>>>
>>> Yes it was and Bush is the first to see that it is not a viable strategy
>>> going forward. To quote Led Zeppelin, "how many more
times" do I have to
>>> post this, and similar links?:
>>> http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/11/20031106-2.html
>>>
>>>
>> I don't see anything in that  repudiating the policies of the 80's. And
>> at least some of the current administration supported those policies.
>>
>> So keep posting all you want, doesn't mean anything has changed
>>
>> Bob Lewis
>>
>>
>
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