A very telling statement. Correct. This is something I think Americans do not understand when they look at other parts of the world. It is the same when they say China should have democracy. Well, that would be nice but if you gave freedom (especially to the workers) what would result? It was the rise of the workers,"the people" that gave rise to the atrocities and horror of the cultural revolution, that sent the educated, doctors and the ruling glass to the farms and fields for reeducation and a farmer to instantly become a doctor.
The exmple of China is just to point up that there are things we do not understand about the other parts of the world. In Arab countries, how can if be that people don't want freedom? Or that a father would be proud to send his 16-year-old son into a crowd with bombs strapped around his waist?
Personally, I think a better approach may have been a complete isolation of the Arab countries until they got their mess in order. No flights, no visits, no tourist, no exchange of business, no student visas, no visas of any kind for any reason. Let their business community and their leaders suffer for the actions of the factions and the fanatical.
I'm sure someone will take this apart and that is fine. I'd love to know that I am wrong on some of this.