Totally, and Rhodesia. Look at the mess they make for themselves - high crime rates, massive corruption, and still the shanty towns. They even manage to get their police to kill striking miners.
I was talking with a very well educated arab today. He believes that democracy is simply too...
Looks odds on for a US kick-off based upon John Kerry's speach.
Not good, and not our problem if they all wipe each other out.
All a western strike will do is increase the impression that we are all imperialists. The middle-east need to police their own problems.