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May 10, 2005
Clash of ideals, not civilizations
I found Bernard Lewis' latest remarks irresistible. Let us hope he is right. "To speak of dictatorship as being the immemorial way of doing things in the Middle East is simply untrue. It shows ignorance of the Arab past, contempt for the Arab present, and lack of concern for the Arab future. Creating a democratic political and social order in Iraq or elsewhere in the region will not be easy. But it is possible, and there are increasing signs that it has already begun."
Author of What Went Wrong and other books on the Middle East, Bernard Lewis is Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University.
Posted by Richard Miniter at May 10, 2005 03:41 PM