John McCain om diktaturer i mellanöstern
Via Dick Erixon hittade jag John McCains linjetal om utrikespolitik. I det tar McCain bland annat upp USA:s förhållande till diktaturer i mellanöstern. Han kommer fram till att det inte fungerar att stödja diktatur mot islamism, utan att det snarare göder islamismen:
For decades in the greater Middle East, we had a strategy of relying on autocrats to provide order and stability. We relied on the Shah of Iran, the autocratic rulers of Egypt, the generals of Pakistan, the Saudi royal family, and even, for a time, on Saddam Hussein. In the late 1970s that strategy began to unravel. The Shah was overthrown by the radical Islamic revolution that now rules in Tehran. The ensuing ferment in the Muslim world produced increasing instability. The autocrats clamped down with ever greater repression, while also surreptitiously aiding Islamic radicalism abroad in the hopes that they would not become its victims. It was a toxic and explosive mixture. The oppression of the autocrats blended with the radical Islamists' dogmatic theology to produce a perfect storm of intolerance and hatred.