As much as I might like to disagree with this, I can't. The fact is the middle-east is as baren of leadership as the whole of Africa is. Only one or two states have anything resembling peaceful level headed leadership.
What's absolutely amazing to me, is that these states, China and the old despotic nations of the earth are the only ones the UN never demands anything of. Slavery, terrorism, despotism, absolute poverty, no problem. But the west is criticized with unrelenting ferver. Now there's an area that should be whipped into shape. Go figure.
I think another thing to point out is what would happen if they were all by themselves. They would just kill each other. They are living in a high religion and highly militant society. VERY BAD MIX! They are neanderthals that thrive on war. What else can they do. You can only look at the rocks so long. Imagine that, they don't even have the luxury of watching the grass grow. I do feel sorry for them.