Bush Admin. Too Stupid to Handle own Middle East Policy
NYTimes | Reform. Unless, you know, it's like, inconvenient.
So there you have it: a group of serious Arab intellectuals - who are neither sellouts nor bomb throwers - has produced a powerful analysis, in Arabic, of the lagging state of governance in the Arab world. It is just the sort of independent report that could fuel the emerging debate on Arab reform. But Bush officials, along with Arab autocrats, are holding it up until it is modified to their liking - even if that means it won't appear at all.

(PS. We're going to forget that Dubai is not in fact a city-state and that the dateline should be UAE - You would think a graduate of SOAS would know better. Wait. No, actually, I guess you wouldn't.)

Edited for spelling. TJ needs sleep. --BAM
[Gives a long, cold glare] Thanks Brooke :P --T