Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Shifting Sands In The Middle East
the more things stay the SAME, the more things CHANGE........
updated 4 march 2005
12:15 Syrian President Assad to address parliament on Saturday on current political developments.
(Reuters)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/04/international/middleeast/04syria.html?hp&ex=1109998800&en=f4f395a4f04ab5b5&ei=5094&partner=homepage
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/548114.html
not to say the middle east has achieved great success because there is a long journey still ahead, but the events of the past month and a half here should be noted along other great moments in recent political history. not since the fall of the berlin wall have we seen such seismic shifts in the foundations of individual freedom.
iraq has held an election to elect a governing body which in turn will name a leader.
egypt has announced that it is going to allow for multi-party elections in its upcoming vote.
the israeli's and palestinians continue dialogue on their countries futures.
lebanon has had mass protests in its streets following the murder of hariri. the people of beirut and nearby towns converged on the city center passing soldiers who refused to carry out orders to stop the gathering. the syrian backed govt. of lebanon was forced to resign and elections have been declared.
it is still a dangerous time, there are elements aplenty that have no intention of allowing the people of the middle east to participate in freedom.
iran continues to foil attempts to investigate clearly how far they have gotten with their nuclear capabilities. iraq is still under siege from militants who are coordinating activities from afar. syria continues down a hypocritical road on one hand saying it wants peace with israel and to be out of lebanon and on the other hand taking part in the coordination of the hizbollah and other terrorists groups which call damascus home.
yet, there can be no question that what is being achieved is great and that serious ramifications surround the political landscape of the middle east.
the people of many nations here are watching what takes place and questioning their govt.'s one party systems and demanding the right to vote and voice their dissent.
updated 4 march 2005
12:15 Syrian President Assad to address parliament on Saturday on current political developments.
(Reuters)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/04/international/middleeast/04syria.html?hp&ex=1109998800&en=f4f395a4f04ab5b5&ei=5094&partner=homepage
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/548114.html
not to say the middle east has achieved great success because there is a long journey still ahead, but the events of the past month and a half here should be noted along other great moments in recent political history. not since the fall of the berlin wall have we seen such seismic shifts in the foundations of individual freedom.
iraq has held an election to elect a governing body which in turn will name a leader.
egypt has announced that it is going to allow for multi-party elections in its upcoming vote.
the israeli's and palestinians continue dialogue on their countries futures.
lebanon has had mass protests in its streets following the murder of hariri. the people of beirut and nearby towns converged on the city center passing soldiers who refused to carry out orders to stop the gathering. the syrian backed govt. of lebanon was forced to resign and elections have been declared.
it is still a dangerous time, there are elements aplenty that have no intention of allowing the people of the middle east to participate in freedom.
iran continues to foil attempts to investigate clearly how far they have gotten with their nuclear capabilities. iraq is still under siege from militants who are coordinating activities from afar. syria continues down a hypocritical road on one hand saying it wants peace with israel and to be out of lebanon and on the other hand taking part in the coordination of the hizbollah and other terrorists groups which call damascus home.
yet, there can be no question that what is being achieved is great and that serious ramifications surround the political landscape of the middle east.
the people of many nations here are watching what takes place and questioning their govt.'s one party systems and demanding the right to vote and voice their dissent.
// posted by Zevchi @ 9:12 AM 
