Washington Watch Articles From 2003
RACHEL CORRIE: A DIFFERENT KIND OF AMERICAN LIBERATOR
A very different kind of American liberator was tragically killed last week, days before the Iraq war began.
ARAB OPINION OF U.S. HITS ALL TIME LOW
Arab public opinion attitudes toward the United States have dropped to dangerously low levels, even before an anticipated U.S.-led attack on Iraq.
SHEIKH ZAYED WAS RIGHT
The United Arab Emirates’ Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Nahayan did the right thing by publicly calling on Saddam Hussein to resign and go into exile. On at least three significant counts, he was right.
DEMOCRATS DEBATE WAR
Last week, Democrats debated the Bush Administration’s plan to go to war. The scene was the winter meeting of the Democratic National Committee (DNC)—the governing body of the party.
SECRET EVIDENCE AND PROFILING : TWO DISTURBING PRACTICES
In response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the Bush Administration has increasingly relied on the use of both secret evidence and ethnic profiling.
US ATTITUDES TOWARD ARABS SHOW SOME POSITIVE CHANGE
With war looming in the Middle East, the U.S. public continues to hold mixed attitudes toward many Arab countries.
THE CASE FOR WAR
Secretary of State Colin Powell presented his case before the UN Security Council this week. His remarks were directed at two audiences: reluctant allies and a still unconvinced American public.
BUSH’S MISSION
If President George W. Bush’s two speeches this week are any indication, it appears that he, in fact, has his heart set on a military confrontation with Iraq. For weeks now, I’ve argued the opposite.
U.S. OPINION AND THE WAR
Anti-war sentiment, on display during last week’s mass demonstrations, is actually deeper and more wide-spread than those protests.
THE 2004 DEMOCRATIC RACE BEGINS
It is January 2003 and, as expected, the 2004 contest to select a Democratic candidate to challenge President George W. Bush has already begun.
AN IMPERIAL WARIS NOT INEVITABLE
There is a disconnect between the reality of U.S. foreign policy and Arab perceptions about that policy. The issue of war in Iraq is a case in point.
OUR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
It was twenty-five years ago that I first came to Washington to begin working full-time on behalf of my community.