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  • Um, `Could Bush be right?'

    03/06/2005 3:33:58 PM PST · by RWR8189 · 52 replies · 2,230+ views
    Chicago Tribune ^ | March 6, 2005 | Editorial
    Who on Earth wants to be known as the last foe of freedom? Not Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, who Thursday joined a chorus of leaders telling Syrian President Bashar Assad to end his nation's three-decade occupation of Lebanon. Not Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who abruptly announced plans to hold the first free, multiparty election in his country's history. Not President Mahmoud Abbas, whose path to Palestinian independence is now blocked less by Israel than by peace-averse militant groups such as Islamic Jihad and Hamas. And certainly not the brave peoples of Afghanistan, of Georgia, of Ukraine, of Iraq,...