Weekend Edition Sunday, January 13, 2008 · In the United Arab Emirates, there are mixed feelings about President George Bush — who is both deeply unpopular and a vital military ally.
On the eve of Bush's visit to the United Arab Emirates, the Dubai-based Gulf News newspaper published an open letter to the American president. On its front page, it condemned his human rights record and the U.S. invasion of Iraq, adding that Bush has no moral right to lecture others on freedom and democracy.
Abdel Khaliq Abdallah, a political science professor at Emirates University, says Bush comes at a time "when respect for him personally is at its lowest."
Abdallah has scathing words for a country that he has long looked to as a protector.
"America has become … militarist in its approach towards Iran and towards the Gulf. It chooses military [options] to solve political problems, and worse yet, America has become unilateralist in its approach," Abdallah says, citing the invasion of Iraq as an example..........
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