Dec 5
Arabesque
Interesting news from Lebanon. No, not ” target=”new”>Lebanon, Ohio. Expatriate American teacher Tyler Golson in the Daily Star:
Abandoning my lesson plan for the moment, but curious at this sudden display of interest in the election, I ventured: “Who do you want to win?” “Bush,” said Rahaf, while a number of others nodded in solid agreement. I pressed them further for a few minutes, asking individual students why they liked Bush. The same ideas came up again and again: he is a strong leader, an honest man, and, most of all, a believer. Like the winning margin of American voters this year, these Middle Easterners related to Bush’s sense of religious conviction and his confident steering of a nation and culture they admired.
I think in years to come, Arab opinion of Bush will parallel the admiration for Ronald Reagan among Central and Eastern European democrats.
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Fascinating ‘find’...thanks for publishing it !!!