[RinaseaofDs]

I’m almost ready to call it the Trump Doctrine - Acting in National Self-Interest

This gent’s point is that he hates the Jews, but at least they’re organized.

The missed opportunity is that the Arabs could have been engaged in the same sort of quasi-beneficial motivational tension that the US had with the Soviets.

Competition, for the most part, improves systems.

[GOPJ]

“Not a single Arab university ranks among the 500 best in the world, while Israel supersedes the Arabs at an astronomical rate, in inventions and in hi-tech export. Israel has completely wiped out illiteracy [among its citizens], while among the Arabs, 23% remain illiterate.

This is a lot more than being 'organized' - it's having a sane first world culture....