Bush duplicity is nailed by MSNBC
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 - President George W. Bush, relaunching a U.S. campaign for Arab democracy on Thursday, gave more weight to traditional alliances than to any scale of democratic values, according to analysts and Arab diplomats.
Bush reserved his strongest criticism for Syria and Iran, the latter widely seen as one of the region's more democratic states, while praising conservative monarchies -- notably Saudi Arabia and Kuwait -- whose leaders never face the ballot box.
Middle East expert Shibley Telhami noted that Bush, while emphasizing the political rights of women in the Arab world, had kind words for Kuwait, where women cannot vote. Iranian and Syrian women have had the vote for decades.http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters11-06-144243.asp?reg=MIDEAST