Arab World Sees Bush's Response to Georgia-Russia Crisis as Hypocritical

"Why should Bush care what Russia does to Georgia unless he or his administration has an interest in the issue to start with?" said Mohammed Abdullah, an Iraqi electrician. "The news is saying that the Americans trained the Georgians and apparently wanted them to join NATO. I can't blame the Russians for doing what they're doing. There's a threat in their immediate vicinity and they decided to take care of it.

Bush should be "too ashamed to speak about the occupation of any country, he is already occupying one," said Mohammed Sayed Said, editor in chief of the Egyptian independent daily Al Badeel. "U.S. forces have been in Iraq for five years and they still fight in an unacceptable manner that violates human rights conventions. Bush had better talk about his own occupation of Iraq."

What would the United States do if suddenly Mexico became an Iranian or Russian ally? They'd crush every last Mexican one way or another.

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