Better Dictators than Elected Islamists by Daniel Pipes

Submitted by BALARABE ABBA (Nigeria), Dec 11, 2012 at 14:17

In the Arab world, there is no election without element of Islamism, no secularism/dictatorial without element of Arab nationalism - these are the two alternating forces in the Arab world politics. Which one of the two favours western interest in the Arab world?

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