"Muslim anger at the hypocrisy of the United States may be wide, but it is not deep. It is a mistake to think that ordinary Muslims, or even Islamists, are inevitably or unalterably opposed to the US.... Indeed, the very fact that so many Muslims say they are prepared to embrace democracy, a system they associate with the United States and its successes, provides striking evidence that anti-Americanism may be overcome if the U.S. loosens its embrace of rulers who do not respond to the needs or concerns of their people."

So says Noah Feldman, a New York University Law School professor who is the head of the constitution team in Iraq, in the Christian Science Monitor. Interesting stuff. I hope he's right.
- posted by Tom Sawyer @ 2:41 PM