They unquestionally swallow the al-Jazeera reports of Iraqi prowess and victories and Allied quagmire and defeat and then find themselves totally "shocked and awed" when reality inevitably bursts their fantasy bubble.
If the Arabs had thrown their sympathies with the oppressed Iraqi people rather than the Baathist thugs, these Arabs could now be celebrationg a victory with the citizens of Basra instead of enduring another "humiliation".