Saturday, January 22, 2005

Syrian intellectual Sadiq Al-`Adhm reacts to Bush's speech: "It's scary stuff, so sweeping and overarching you don't know what to make of it," said Sadiq Azm, a Syrian writer and reform advocate. "He's saying that what's good for America is good for everyone else. We are used to this kind of bombast from our Arab leaders. But it's been a long time since I've heard it in English."..."People will see in this the old civilizing mission, the old colonialism," Azm said."