Interesting article — especially the way the author brings it all home by indulging in his own ‘fantasy’ in the final couple of paragraphs....
Not all fantasies are bad. We're all approaching the future from our own mental models. I assert the closer a mental model is to reality, the better it serves its subscribers. This author is exposing the inaccuracies of many dangerous mental models in the ME and making room for more accurate ones, without forcing his own mental model on the ME as a replacement. That's why this piece is extremely important, in my opinion.
Interesting article.
The successful creation of an Iraqi state could be the
catalyst for the kind of change he envisions.