Tuesday July 1, 2008

I've Been Thinking:

I am always intrigued when Arab leaders express envy.
Envy is not an emotion that Arab leaders display in public.

So imagine my surprise when I heard the following from Walid Mouallem, Syria's foreign minister: "As a private citizen, I wish Syria had this program quite simply because Israel has made huge advances in its manufacturing of nuclear bombs."
Wow.

The context of this statement is important.
Mouallem was speaking to Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and referring to the inspection of Syria's nuclear capabilities. The real question is whether on September 6, 2007 Israel bombed a harmless lab or a nuclear facility.

Humility is a classic Arabic emotion, not envy.

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