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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5531-2003Apr10.html
The Arab Opportunity
(Washington Post) - Editorial This week's scenes from Baghdad have had the effect of cutting through all the Arab illusions and invalidating all the conventional rhetoric, at least for a moment. Whether or not they acknowledge it, Arabs everywhere now watch anxiously, maybe even hopefully, to see what the U.S. will do. Will it rush to install an administration of exiles and other favorites, which will then be pressed to adopt policies most Iraqis would likely reject - such as the immediate recognition of Israel?