THE "RED" MIDDLE EAST?
Profound article by Fouad Ajami about Bush's impact in the Middle East

I gotta say, its pretty refreshing to read something like this. We're making a difference, and whether the news reports it or not, lives are changing for the better.

Bush Country
The Middle East embraces democracy--and the American president.

"By a twist of fate, the one Arab country that had seemed ever marked for brutality and sorrow now stands poised on the frontier of a new political world. No Iraqis I met look to neighboring Arab lands for political inspiration: They are scorched by the terror and the insurgency, but a better political culture is tantalizingly close." (more)