“Can we talk about politics out in the open?” I said.
“Yes,” he said. “We can say whatever we want.”
“Is it because we’re speaking in English?”
“No,” he said. “We could do it in Arabic, too.”
“You’re not worried about the secret police?”
“Not any more,” he said. “It is a real change from last year. Last year there was no way. But it’s better now, more open. Do you know why?”
“No,” I said. “Tell me.”
“Because of pressure from George W. Bush.”
Elections in Iraq. A new government taking its seat in Afghanistan. Greater freedom in the Middle East. But don't expect the international community -- the ultimate arbiter in the eyes of some people over whether a policy is correct -- to give the man any credit. Indeed, according to one Canadian cartoonist Bush can look forward to a stocking full of reindeer turds this Christmas for being such a bad boy and not signing the massively flawed Kyoto Treaty.
These people just aren't serious.
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