And we trust an article in a "right-wing-Onion" newspaper... why? 
Peace!
How is it, far left-wing and far right-wing always end up as dictators (communists and fascists)?
Maybe the 'lens' politics is viewed through should be changed to one that looks further, at the end goal: up towards freedom or down towards tyranny?
Which countries in the ME are fiefdoms/kingdoms and which are democracies (subjugated peoples vs free/voting people)?