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Heed the Arab (Wall) StreetAnti-American demonstrations, comments in Arab language newspapers, acts of violence against the occupation government of Iraq and even opinion polls have been sited as support for the argument that we and our institutions are unwelcome in the Arab world and have made matters worse there.Indeed, one of the chief arguments against coalition intervention in Iraq was that military action there would "destabilize the region." The standard conservative response was that the region was already destabilized. A related argument against the war was that the Arab world "didn't want us there" and that American intervention in the region would create greater levels of hatred towards America and American values. Click here to view the entire article. |