Square One
Translation by the Yemen Times of a local paper regarding the US Ambassador’s backtracking from a statement that democracy slowed in Yemen:
This backing down by the American ambassador from his statements has harmed his reputation among the public. They revealed weakness of his credibility among the domestic public opinion and extended to his country’s reputation which is naturally not good. Those opposing the American policy found in it a material to say this superpower is giving priority to its small security interests to the people’s big interests of the people of Yemen.It has added a new argument to those of the government aimed at inspiring despair into the citizens hearts in that the United States is not serious in raising the slogan of political reforms in countries of the Arab region and those reforms are merely a card of pressure Washington uses against Arab rulers to realize intentions having no relation to democracy or human rights or victory of values of freedom.
It was dissappointing, considering the utter lack of functional democratic institutions in Yemen, to hear the praise again of Yemen the Model, especially when so many Yemenis are badly targeted by the regime for saying the truth that its not a democracy at all but closer to a kleptocracy.
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