Now get on with it
Now get on with itThat is not the only alternative, or the most desirable one. For all his much-vaunted “freedom agenda”,
Mr Bush is a realist, understandably wary of dumping friendly dictatorships in places such as Egypt,
Pakistan or Saudi Arabia for fear of landing up with something a good deal worse, at least from
America's point of view. And in a country that provides the world with so much of its energy, managed
change would plainly be better than change of the violent revolutionary kind. But change there must be.
Mr Bush should now urge the new king to move a lot faster than he dared to do as crown prince—for
instance, by bringing in a more tolerant educational system, facing down the most bigoted clerics,
widening the scope of representative government, opening the budget to scrutiny, curbing royal
privilege, giving women a voice and a vote, and sowing a culture of tolerance, pluralism and debate. The
consultative council should become a properly elected parliament, perhaps with a college of princes
serving as an upper chamber. In the end—“ready” or not—Saudis have as much right to democracy as
Iraqis, or indeed anyone else. 不好意思呀，偶是英语白痴，有一些看不懂耶~~~ 好好学啊,加油 有点难度的
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