The Doha Debates part 5

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Run time: 05:55 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn1tjnOaMQs   Posted on YouTube: May 07, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: May 12, 2007 By DU Member: whirlygigspin Views on DU: 492

 

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. These debates are very important

for two reasons:

1. They give a dynamic, yet balanced view of the question being asked; I've never seen one of these debates where one side was weaker than the other; each side has always done their utmost to sway opinion.

2. They give the US an idea of what people overseas are thinking about questions of the day. I find it especially helpful to watch these when they take place in Qatar, as you get many more Arabs--and you hear their opinions loud and clear--and I've often been surprised at what those opinions are.