Speaking to a conference of Arab “intellectuals,” Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak said Arab Reform Should Start Within.

Right.

But of course, before they can even begin thinking about those reforms, there’s that little matter of destroying the Zionist entity. As soon as that’s out of the way, true Arab democracy will undoubtedly arise spontaneously.

“It should be crystal clear that the continuation of this situation and the deliberate daily violations by Israel of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories do not serve our endeavors for modernization and reform,” Mubarak said. “To the contrary, they enhance radicalism and terrorism and feed frustration among people.”