I also thought he was a dumb ass and this is the 1st I heard he was Arab.
"Mr. Hussein, they said, did not hear their voices. After two days in Baghdad, I know the feeling."
So, he's comparing Hussein's desire not to hear him to that of the suffering people? Perfect affect for the NYTimes crowd.
It is difficult, if not impossible, to tell the difference between a democrat's point of view and an arab's. They are virtually identical.