Wednesday, March 25

Foreign Policy "Common Sense"

"He [British Foreign Secretary David Miliband] admitted that British
foreign policy had alienated millions of Muslims. Speaking of a recent visit to
Pakistan, he said: 'I met young, educated, articulate people in their 20s and
30s who told me millions of Muslims around the world think we're not seeking to
empower them, but to dominate them. So we have to stop and think. The lesson is
that it is not good enough to have good intentions. To assert shared values is
not enough, we must embody them in shared institutions.' He gave the example of
Turkish membership of the EU, saying Europe must not be seen as a closed
Christian club.”

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