Well, Shibley Telhami says that all these ME despotries need (like Sharansky says 'external enemies) a fake prob to blame. And Iran is totally jazzed and fully crunk on playing on peoples ancient gripes in order to increase influ and then take over areas by proxies - like Lebanon -The Arabs fear Persia "They are less worried about a military confrontation with Iran than about
Iran's growing influence in the Arab world. In other words, what Arab
governments truly fear is militancy and the public support for it that
undermines their own popularity and stability."
courtenyme109 | Homepage | 02.02.08 - 1:45 am | #

Well, I went to the Israeli Apartheid Week celebration last Friday here in DC and all I could get out of the Arabs was "Liar, liar. Occupier" and "End Zionist Apartheid" so I'm guessing any explanation you'd get would fit on a bumpersticker.
Jonn Lilyea | Homepage | 01.31.08 - 1:16 pm | #

Let me know when you get his reply, hee hee
Debbie | Homepage | 01.31.08 - 12:21 am | #