Keith, I think that hope for a more stable Middle East with changes in governments is not realistic. In general, when governments change, the change is brought about by the most far out. I would guess that we need to be ready for a couple of decades of chaos to make up for our policies of supporting monarchies.
Bill Ward On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 11:45:43 +0100 Keith Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So I think that the next important news will be of big changes > within the > Saudi Arabian government. They changed their constitution radically > (in the > favour of the fundamentalists) immediately after Gulf War I. I don't > see > why they can't modify their constitution again in order to prevent > what > they imagine to be a potential Gulf War II. If these changes don't > happen > within the next week or so, then I cannot imagine that Bush will > change his > present policy. I'm not expecting Bush to say anything significant > for a > little while. He's waiting for news from Riyadh, just as I am. > > Keith Hudson > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > ------------ > > Keith Hudson, General Editor, Handlo Music, http://www.handlo.com > 6 Upper Camden Place, Bath BA1 5HX, England > Tel: +44 1225 312622; Fax: +44 1225 447727; > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ________________________________________________________________________ > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
