USA slutar stödja demokrati i mellanöstern efter att ha bränt sig på Irak?

published May 18, 2007 04:02 by admin ( last modified May 18, 2007 04:02 )

Boston Globe anser sig se en ökad pragmatism i USA:s mellanösternpolitik, där man överger liberaler till förmån för maktbalans.

The administration shift on Egypt is the most pronounced, but the policy has changed dramatically throughout the Middle East and has had a pernicious affect on regional democrats. In May, the administration ended its policy of isolating the terrorist-supporting authoritarian Asad regime of Syria, which had been in place since the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, a crime for which Syria is largely believed to have been responsible.

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