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Qatar-based ‚Al-Jazeera,‘ the most important news channel in the Arab world, was harshly criticized by high U.S. officials for having ‚emphasized civilian casualties‘ during the destruction of Falluja. The problem of independent media was later resolved when the channel was kicked out of Iraq in preparation for free elections.
Noam ChomskyEven in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the U.S. in the Arab world, because of the perception on the Arab street that it supported harsh and oppressive regimes to take their oil.
Noam ChomskyThe U.S. and its allies will do anything they can to prevent authentic democracy in the Arab world.
Noam ChomskyObama has succeeded in descending even below George W. Bush in approval in the Arab world. It’s minuscule, few percent.
Noam ChomskyThe Bush Administration’s failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the Palestinians has been both wrong for our friendship with Israel, as well as badly damaging to our standing in the Arab world.
Barack ObamaThe United States never stopped conspiring against the Arab world, which holds the largest oil reserves on the planet.
Fidel Castro