End of American Interference in Middle East

05 April, 2011 10:12

End of American Interference in Middle East

Newsweek clearly states that the era of Western meddling in the region is coming to an end

Translator : Aabid Waqar

Islam Times reports that Newsweek stated in an article titled Last Act in the Mideast: â€œEver since Britain and France set out to dismember the Ottoman Empire nearly a century ago, the West has been engaged in an incoherent, haphazard, episodic, but more or less relentless effort to impose its will on the Middle East. Methods have varied. Sometimes the â€œinfidelsâ€ have employed overt force. At other times they have relied on covert means, worked through proxies, or recruited local puppets.â€

The article continued: â€œSince 1945 resistance to communist subversion, a professed antipathy for brutal dictators, support for international law, and an enthusiasm for spreading freedom have all been pressed into service (albeit selectively) to legitimize outside intervention.â€

The article continues to discuss the history of western intervention in the country and concludes by stating: â€œThe result is that for the moment serious policyâ€”as opposed to gesturesâ€”has become an impossibility. That leaves Americans in a thoroughly un-American position: they must be patient, waiting on events to ripen. In due course the dust will settle. At that time, prudence will dictate that the West make what it can of the outcome, offering support and assistance to Arab governments that share our interests and values and withholding them from those that do not. The big story is this: the century-long battle to control the Middle East is ending. We lost. They won. No amount of high-tech ordnance can alter the outcome.â€