A question to Dr. Pipes

Submitted by Debanjan Banerjee (India), Oct 30, 2009 at 12:13

Dr. Pipes,

As you have mentioned very aptly in your article here is that how Washington keeps some of these autocratic,tyrannical and unpopular regimes to further it's interests in the middle east.

What about a different approach ?

Until now Washington has been doing business with those leaders who are really unpopular among their own people and these regimes cling on to power only through oppression and tyranny. Instead of hobnobbing with these people I believe it will be better for Washington to do business and negotiation with the real popular leaders in the Middle East like say Khaled Mashal or Hassan Nasrallah.

Kindly tell me Dr. Pipes what do you think about my idea ?

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