The Middle East: A Bastion of Hope
George W. Bush, US President | December 11, 2008
The Middle East has been revamped since 2001. ++ Iraq has been transformed from an enemy to a friend; “from a brutal dictatorship to a multi-religious, multi-ethnic constitutional democracy” and can no longer pursue its nuclear arms race with Iran. ++ The Lebanese are free from the yoke of Syrian oppression and now enjoy the fruits of the Cedar Revolution. ++ Challenges still exist, but they are inconsequential in the long run. ++ The Middle East no longer represents “something more than a set of problems to be solved.”
