Aren't critics grand?

David Ignatius in Real Clear Politics and the WaPo tells us :

We Can't Save the Mideast

OK so? His Rx?

1) The sickness must end.
2) Syria has an opportunity to leave behind its drab Cold War trench coat and become a modern, prosperous Mediterranean nation; Hezbollah, the militia that represents Lebanon's dispossessed Shiite population, has a chance to lead its followers into political power and prosperity.
3) The Middle East needs the rule of law
4) Now the United Nations must find a way to make the rule of law real

The idea that America is going to save the Arab world from itself is seductive, but it's wrong.
The hard work of building a new Middle East will be done by the Arabs, or it won't happen.

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