When you watch this interview with Nasser from 1969, you may reach those conclusions: 1) his English is much better than the English of Arab leaders who studied in the West. 2) It is amazing how self-assured he was and how he never engage in the clowning and buffoonery of Arafat or Sadat, or in the desperate attempt to please Westerners as you see in all interviews with Arab leaders (especially but not exclusively Bashshar Al-Asad and King Youtube of Jordan). 3) Disturbingly, you see in this interview how much Nasser accepted the idea of peace with Israel. Now I see why Palestinian resistance groups were all opposed to him at the time of his death.
Sunday, June 07, 2015
Nasser interviewed by New York Times in 1969
When you watch this interview with Nasser from 1969, you may reach those conclusions: 1) his English is much better than the English of Arab leaders who studied in the West. 2) It is amazing how self-assured he was and how he never engage in the clowning and buffoonery of Arafat or Sadat, or in the desperate attempt to please Westerners as you see in all interviews with Arab leaders (especially but not exclusively Bashshar Al-Asad and King Youtube of Jordan). 3) Disturbingly, you see in this interview how much Nasser accepted the idea of peace with Israel. Now I see why Palestinian resistance groups were all opposed to him at the time of his death.
