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Accepting that Arabs have the right to elect their own leaders means accepting the rise of governments that do not share America's pro-Israel militancy.

A free and democratic Arab world aligns with America's security interests.

If there is something that I respect about the Arabs, it's the fact that they never change their position.

And in England there has always been something deeply pro-Arab, of course, not among all Englishmen, and anti-Israeli, in the establishment. They abstained in the 1947 UN partition resolution... They maintained an arms embargo against us in the 1950s... They always worked against us. They think the Arabs are the underdogs.

The idea that Arabia is best run by Arabs is no more palatable to Western leaders today than it was to Napoleon or Churchill.

There's a good lesson for policymakers: It's not the presence of the U.S. that is a problem for many people in the Arab region; it's the type of presence we bring.

It has never made any sense to argue that, unique among the people of the world, Arabs are more concerned on a day-to-day basis about the treatment of people they don't know than they are about how they're going to put food on their own tables, or whether their sons will ever find a job.

Saudi Arabia is the country that in the end will determine the ability of the Arabs to reach a compromise with Israel.

Most Americans approach the problems of the Middle East with a pro-Israeli bias - and rightly so.

As someone from, and directly involved with, this part of the world, I am convinced Arabs are qualified to regain their glorious past.