It appears he knew what he was talking about.
Amen! I would love to know who to credit that quote to. I would use it for a tag line for the duration.
It was Winston Churchill.
this says a British general said it http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:vg0ExoIZMhQJ:www.eclipsoid.com/bridges/essay.html+the+Arabs+always+are+either+under+your+heel+or+at+your+throat.%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
[... Arabs always are either under your heel or at your throat...]
You can credit God for that idiom.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and
her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. (Genesis 3:15)