George W. Bush - Secret Hero of the Middle East [by Ralph Peters]

But Bush was right: The Middle East had to change. And, in the long-term, the changes now underway will be for the better. Even in the short-to-mid-term, countries that had pursued aggressive anti-Western policies will be preoccupied for years with internal concerns. The democracy movements hugely threaten the rationale for, and recruiting by, terrorist organizations (people who have a voice don't need a bomb). Click here to comment Do you have an immediate Media Request? If so, please contact our Director of Operations at: Nancy@FamilySecurityMatters.org Family Security Matters Contributing Editor Ralph Peters is a retired Army officer (and former enlisted man), and an author. The latest of his 26 books, The Officers' Club, a novel set in the post-Vietnam Army, was published in January. Secret Hero of the Middle East George W. Bush gave Arabs hope - but they'll never admit it by Ralph Peters For all the dangers and difficulties ahead, there's real hope in the Middle East for the first time in over a half-century. And the man who made it possible is George W. Bush. Oh, Bush will continue to be vilified by our own spiteful left, by Euro-snobs, and by Arabs unable to admit that the American destruction of Saddam Hussein's regime awakened them to the realization that dictators don't have to be forever. But the endless calumny doesn't matter much in the face of Bush's historic achievement. Future historians will get it: The occupation of Iraq may have been clumsy, but there's nonetheless a direct line from the image of a grubby, confused Saddam Hussein emerging from his hole in the ground to the sight of Egypt's former president, Hosni Mubarak, in a court-room cage. CLICK HERE TO READ ARTICLE CLICK HERE TO COMMENT Click here to sign up for FSM's e-mail updates!