To continue the discussion with Jack and how we are affecting the culture in the Middle East, let me quote today's Best of the Web from the WSJ:
The Road to Damascus http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/20/international/middleeast/20SYRI.html?ei =5007&en=4d8abf351fb79399&ex=1395118800&partner=USERLAND&pagewanted=all&p osition In a story it buried in its Saturday edition, the New York Times reports that Iraq's liberation is emboldening opponents of the world's sole remaining Baathist dictatorship, in Syria: *** QUOTE *** A year ago, it would have been inconceivable for a citizen of Syria, run by the Baath Party of President Bashar al-Assad, to make a documentary film with the working title, "Fifteen Reasons Why I Hate the Baath." Yet watching the overthrow of Saddam Hussein across the border in Iraq prompted Omar Amiralay to do just that. "It gave me the courage to do it," he said. "When you see one of the two Baath parties broken, collapsing, you can only hope that it will be the turn of the Syrian Baath next," he added, having just completed the film, eventually called "A Flood in Baath Country," for a European arts channel. "The myth of having to live under despots for eternity collapsed." *** END QUOTE *** Gary: I'd say that cultures of fear can be replaced with cultures that love freedom and hope. Here's one perfect example of a sub culture that was repressed by the Baathists beginning to emerge in the light of freedom. Gary Smith ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------
