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I saw this this morning. I look at this as a small, hopefully sustainable, change in the political climate of the region. I think this is exactly why all those people screaming about how they "don't care what the rest of the world thinks of the US" were so, so wrong. I don't see this leading to unrest, or more unrest, in the region. It certainly could but I think changes like this will lead to a more stable region. Likely not real soon, probably several bumps in the road. Change here, real change is going to take several decades and generations in my opinion. But overall the region will be more stable in the long run if we can keep moving in this direction.
I saw a report this morning that mentioned Iranian president Ahmadinejad had a televised debate this weekend and got his clocked cleaned. The general public of many of the countries we're having conflicts with do not always agree with their leadership. Iran is a prime example of this I think. The people, in general, like the west and western culture. Everything from clothing to music and now Obama are extremely popular with the youth in the region. The more sensible and less "Us or them, screw you we don't care what you think, bring'em on" we sound the better it is for all. Them and us.
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