Earlier today I was gathering up some of the links to send on to Andy Martin and when I went to one particular bookmark I got a message “Article not found”. The article appeared in a Dubai newspaper AND has never appeared in any media in North America. I had to do a search for the article and I hope someone can save it or do something so it doesn’t disappear again like so many other articles have in the past few months! Here is the link:
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080904/LIFE/733109695
From a headline appearing on the link originally posted for this article the paper in Dubai is warning people to be very afraid of Sarah Palin!
Thank you, Chief Engineer, quite a find.
Ping.
Daubi, UAE
The National
Listen to what Sarah Palin is saying – and then be afraid
By James Zogby
[Dr James J Zogby is president of the Arab American Institute.]
Last Updated: October 05. 2008 9:55PM UAE / GMT
[snip]
Mrs Palin’s recitation of her lessons revealed a raw and unfiltered neo-conservative view of the world. It is, at times, banal and oversimplified; but it is also, in many ways, perfectly clear.
It is absolutist and Manichean. There is good (“us”) and evil (“them”). “We” stand for democracy and the “spirit of freedom that is found in every human heart”. Since the clash between good and evil is both desirable and inevitable, “our” role is to bring “our values” to a waiting world and defeat evil. And, in this conflict, “our” victory is preordained.
Compromise with evil is unthinkable and so traditional forms of diplomacy are to be rejected as a sign of weakness and surrender. In this world view, diplomacy means working with those who agree with us, not finding ways to bridge differences with those with whom we disagree.
Simple? Yes, but also dangerous. This was the world-view embraced by the current administration, especially during its first term. (It is the consequences of this disastrous course that the Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, has worked diligently, if unsuccessfully, to correct.)
And, despite its many failures, it appears that this hard-line neocon course is embraced by Governor Palin’s running mate and his advisers.
[snip]
This is why I say that it is important to listen to what she does say, not how badly she says it. And don’t make fun: be afraid.
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081005/OPINION/175974302/0/NEWS
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Long article; archived on the long thread, too.
Daubi, UAE
The National
Young blood
Toby Harnden [The Daily Telegraph / 2008]
Last Updated: September 04. 2008 4:22PM UAE / GMT
As the sun sank over the Pacific Ocean behind him, Frank Marshall Davis looked up from his rickety front porch and saw his friend Stanley Dunham approaching.
[snip]
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080904/LIFE/733109695