American Foreign Policy in the Middle East

[CoLawman]

To avoid hijacking the "Are We At War With Islam" thread, this question is being posed to those who "understand" or have strong feelings on American foreign policy in the Mid East.

Tk: I would enjoy hearing your thoughts on this. I do not believe that our foreign policy is "mirror image" in the mid east. In fact I would say that we have bent over backwards to avoid Westernizing Iraq and Afghanistan.

Samurai:

I did take your comment of Arab's feelings as being "understandable" to mean that you were in agreement with their concerns. One of the common uses of understandable is agree or to accept. As in " I understand the world is round."

I see in your reply that you said that you were not implying that they "should" be critical of American policy, it is that you understand why they are critical. I have no understanding of the logic employed by that part of the world. One thing I am certain of is that their anger is misdirected. I, like POTUS, believe that all men want freedom. I believe the elections in Iraq support this belief.
All I was asking for was a chance to respond to the validity of their criticism or hatred of the western world. Obviously I misinterpreted your posting and you are not in agreement with their concerns.

If I may, without upsetting you, point out that your classification of Iran as a dictatorship was in error. Iran is in fact a Islamic Repulic. A Theocracy in which Khameni (or whatever the heck the spelling is) is the Supreme Leader. Which makes him the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. He alone has the power to declare war.

Ahmadinejad is the President who was elected (ha). But the Supreme Leader is the authority who approves the candidates for the position.

Again I apologize if I offended you in anyway. I feel awkward bringing this minor error to your attention, having read that your BA was in Political Science and International Studies. Thanks for being Clear!