Far too many of our adversaries are not Arab and speak no Arabic, for that to be true. Arabs play a significant role, but the problem is vastly larger.
That's where we have to disagree. Clearly our enemy is Arab nationalism.
Ever since the Nasserians reared their heads in the Suez in '57 and later in '67 they have formed the core of our problems. If it wasn't for Nasser fomenting Pan-Arabism in the Gulf without any oil we wouldn't be in the mess we're in now.
The foundation for the current conflict lays squarely on Qaddafi and Libya and the embargo of '73 when we finally saw the last of a twenty year surplus vanish while the enviros hamstrung the North Slope.
The problem is that Libya sold the idea of an "oil weapon" to OPEC at a time when it could finally be used.
Since then the power vacuum in the region has been waiting for us to arrive. It didn't happen in Lebanon and it didn't stick in the Gulf War in '91.
This time we'll get it right. The old Redline agreement has come home to roost and the Brits backed the best horse.
It's no accident that the EU championed by France is facing a cash crisis while Turkey flails in Cyprus to the chagrin of the Turkish parliment who can't find a good reason to grant us basing and overflights.
It's a complicated world but it's made much simpler when you look at it from the wellhead to the terminal.
This time it's not about access or pricing or even tanker routes, this time it's about stability. And from 1910 until now we're setting things straight. We're assuming Britain's role as the sole source of force and reason in a region that refuses to grow up.
Far too many of our adversaries are not Arab and speak no Arabic, for that to be true. Arabs play a significant role, but the problem is vastly larger.