“Every one of the regimes that’s being challenged today, whether in Yemen, in Tunis in Jordan or in Egypt has been strongly supported by the United States. Including in its repressive actions,” according to Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University.
The United States should embrace democracy now, or “we are likely to look like the country that supported the Shah up to the bitter end.”
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(Source: thetakeaway.org)
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