From The Wall Street Journal:
The Arab world is plagued by despots. But don’t expect the U.N. to give President Bush any credit for challenging this order.
‘It made me feel so jealous,” said Abdulmonem Ibrahim, a young Egyptian political activist, of the recent upheaval in Iran. “We are amazed at the organization and speed with which the Iranian movement has been functioning. In Egypt you can count the number of activists on your hand.” This degree of “Iran envy” is a telling statement on the stagnation of Arab politics. It is not pretty, Iran’s upheaval, but grant the Iranians their due: They have gone out into the streets to contest the writ of the theocrats.
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My Comment: Faoud Ajami has been writing for the past few years on his concerns with Arab democracy and development in the Arab world. He is getting better everytime, and this Wall Street Journal article is well worth the read.