Wednesday, February 23, 2005 :::
Taranto finds a Washington Times story on demonstrations in Beirut:"We are with the Muslims, the Druze, together for a free Lebanon," said one member of a Christian militia. "Tell America we are waiting for them to invade, all of us." Two years ago, I saw a quote along these lines from an Iranian.This, as Charles Murray could tell you, is the problem with a major government program — it creates a dependency class. The U.S. government goes in and gives a lot of help to Iraqi democrats — does pretty much everything the U.S. can do, in fact. To be sure, democrats in the region are somewhat emboldened, but they also seem to pin more of their hopes on our doing the heavy lifting. And there is assistance, even short of military, that can be provided. At some point, though, [a]s Lech Walesa, hero of Poland's liberation, told a mass meeting of Yushchenko's supporters, Poland supports you but you must do this yourself.
::: posted by dWj at 9:50 PM
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