AFTERMATH OF WAR: The International Front : Words on the Gulf
“The people of my small country realize that driving the Iraqis from Kuwait was an act in defense of the rule of international law and the ‘new world order,’ despite the fact that we were subject to absolutist rule. But the democratic world will not show the same commitment to rebuilding Kuwait if our country does not move toward democratic reform.
“Modern democracies did not make all their sacrifices just to restore one individual to his throne. With so many of their own obligations, why should democratic nations risk lives and spend precious resources propping up an ‘old world order?’ ”
--AHMED NAFISI, a leading member of Kuwait’s main opposition movement, the National Constitutional Front.
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