Sophisticated Mexicans would whisper to Americans that this policy let its intellectuals vent and kept them happy with the regime. But since 1988, Mexico's Presidents Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Ernesto Zedillo, and Vicente Fox have taken an increasingly pro-U.S. line. The initiative for change in Mexico was taken by Mexicans. In the Middle East, it will have to be taken by the United States. And we must get them to take public stands in favor of our policy, despite the political risk, as Musharraf has.
Silence is no longer enough.
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