Good post! I continue being more and more in favor of these Wikileaks. They give us tremendous insight into the nuances of the various world players and that’s important for all of us to understand, if for no other reason than to call BS to our government’s claims. None of this has actually weakened our position globally as so many allege; the elite has known what all of us now know for years. Never trust governments, ever.
The writer has completely left out any discussion of what the Arabs think of the Palestinians. Everywhere else I’ve read that the leaks show that the other Arabs in the region don’t waste much thought on the “Palestinian problem” at all, and that such “concern” is a public posture only. And yet this entire article fails to even mention the one issue that a) all the leftist have told us for decades is the only issue that matters to the Arabs and b) all the other analysis I’ve read of the leaks claims is not an issue to the Arabs at all.
So how could someone write an article about what the leaks show us about Arab thinking and not mention either a) the decades-old claim that all they care about is “Justice for the Palestinians” or b) the newly revealed truth: that they don’t care about that “justice” at all?
It’s a pretty glaring omission.