Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The idea that Arabia is best run by Arabs is no more palatable to Western leaders today than it was to Napoleon or Churchill.
The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been OK in my book.
No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence.
The Israelis would like to live in peace within their borders; the Arabs would like to kill them all.
I don't think it's hypothetical whether or not it's a good idea to topple secular dictators in the Middle East and hope to get a good outcome and hope that stability comes thereafter.
There can't be real peace without improving the integration of Arab society and making it part of the political game.
The absence of Saddam is a huge weight off the Arab world.
I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.
Here's a notion: Peace in the Middle East would come about more easily if the region were governed by women.
You couldn't have done this without killing an Arab prince.