The death of #JamalKhashoggi should end American "dreams of a reforming Arab strongman" @jacksondiehlhttps://wapo.st/2qhDbeU?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.6fd9ff1fdbff …
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Replying to @MicheleDDunne @JacksonDiehl
Ok so what do you all then recommend? Elections, will they work and given that Islamists will probably win such elections will you then stop complaining about the "export of Wahhabism" and accept a reversal of newly granted women freedom's? Easy to pontificate w/out consequences
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Replying to @aliShihabi @JacksonDiehl
Easy to "pontificate without consequences" about the Middle East? Actually the path of least resistance in DC is to defend the perquisites of the rich & powerful, while downplaying the importance of those starved, unjustly imprisoned, or murdered by them.
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Replying to @MicheleDDunne @JacksonDiehl
Answer the question I posed in the thread Michele please. Don't shift the discussion.
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Replying to @aliShihabi @JacksonDiehl
It is not up to US leaders to decide which pol system other countries have. But they do get to decide which foreign leaders they support & rely on, and here I agree w/Jackson that the "reforming strong man" is a mirage.
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Fine but if the strongman is a mirage what do you suggest? You have to have a practical answer to that question. Easy to reject something but if no better alternative exists then that is idealism not realism.
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