[nopardons]

But Pipes, who IS an expert on " THE ARAB STREET ", has been saying the same sort of good things, for more than a year ! I am NOT " off base ", at all. The writer, of that article, is NOT an ARAB, and is just grousing.

[AFPhys]

...The writer, of that article, is NOT an ARAB, and is just grousing.

Agreed, and agreed... nevertheless his observations are accurate, to his chagrin (again, with the proviso of adjusting for his antiBush/antiAmerican bias)