[GodGunsGuts]

==Pretzel logic that doesn't get to the root of the problem.

Are you talking about the article? If so, I think the article is focusing on a very important problem with our efforts to push democracy in the Middle East. Of course there are many other very important problems plaguing the Middle East, but I think the author is correct about the need to push constitutions that protect life, liberty and property (as opposed to creating democracies that favor or allow for mob rule).

[John Lenin]

You don't go straight from dictatorship to freedom overnight. It's going to be a tough 20-30 years for the Middle East.

The oil age is about to end and these people are for the most part 200 years behind. The leaders pocket all the wealth and pass out fish to the people. If you think it's radical over there now, wait until the oil money drys up.

[John Lenin]

Think of it this way. Why do people stay in gangs ? Because they lack the skills to get a decent job. The reason there are so many jihadis in Pakistan and Afganistan is because there are no jobs to be found so war becomes their profession and gives them self worth. Same thing can be said about the Palistinians.