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Bernard Lewis
By Alan D. Miller
Posted on February 4, 2004 at 11:26 PM

There was an article in the Wall Street Journal about Middle East Historian Bernard Lewis today. I can't reprint the entire article because the site is password protected. (If you have a WSJ.com account you can click here.)

But the last two paragraphs were pure gold.

Up on the podium, Mr. Lewis lambasted the belief of some Mideast experts at the State Department and elsewhere that Arabs weren't ready for democracy -- that a "friendly tyrant" was the best the U.S. could hope for in Iraq. "That policy," he quipped, "is called 'pro-Arab.' "

Others, like himself, believe Iraqis are heirs to a great civilization, one fully capable, "with some guidance," of democratic rule, he said. "That policy," he added with a rueful smile, "is called 'imperialism.' "




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