This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Fouad Ajami: Autocracy and the Decline of the Arabs - 'The Arab world is plagued by despots. But don’t expect the U.N. to give President Bush any credit for challenging this order...' [Bush gave the Arabs a chance, but they fumbled the ball.]
