re: #30 wrenchwench

That may or may not be the case but even if it is, these regimes have exploited- and deliberately broken their own people.

The US or others do not force Hamas to teach the kindergarten ditty, ‘HAMAS! HAMAS! JEWS TO THE GAS! The US is no supporter of Syria where ‘Allah in Heaven, Hitler on earth! was a common refrain in middle schools.

Racism, hate and bigotry (found in every society, of course) have been state sponsored and institutionalized in the Arab world.

I could go on ad infinitum, but in the end, whatever sins outside influences were guilty of, these were deliberate and ugly choices made by these dysfunctional regimes that have hobbled the Arab world.

As I noted, the Arabs have been the greatest victims of Arab leadership dysfunction.

The biggest crime the west is guilty of is turning a blind eye to the dysfunction- and even tolerating it.