“Sixty years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East did nothing to make us safe – because in the long run, stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty,” Bush said. “As long as the Middle East remains a place where freedom does not flourish, it will remain a place of stagnation, resentment and violence ready for export.”
via The Washington Post: Egypt protests show George W. Bush was right about freedom in the Arab world.
Thanks to the Rush Limbaugh wannabees this stuff is usually taken at face value.
Here’s all anyone needs to know about our relationship with Egypt. We give them millions of dollars in foreign aid, they gave us Mohammed Atta and dancing in the streets on 9/11