[Joe Hadenuf]

The cheering crowds and supporters are still there.

And unfortunately, probably will be for generations to come.

[hershey]

I've lost faith in the Arab world's basic intelligence. Okay, they're pretty well brainwashed every time they go to the local mosque, but there are some intellectuals, some who've been to the west, who notice modern things like computers, TV, movies, planes, cell phones, etc..(Just remembered a post some time ago, where someone cited the number of books published in the Arab world, and newspapers compared to the west, even Israel. The number was ludicrously low.) That explains a great deal of the stuck-in-the-days-of-glory-past mentality. We need some kind of gas that pacifies the whole region, turns them into Mr. Rogers.