Simon: Is the only relevant view that of the US President or at a push US popular opinion? That's nationalism gone mad.
Eh tu, Simon? My point was that Arab opinion has not substantially changed, as the article itself noted:
Telhami ..., doubts these sectarian tensions are changing basic attitudes among the general public on key regional issues in the countries covered in the survey, with the exception of Lebanon.
"The public of the Arab world is not looking at the important issues through the Sunni-Shiite divide," Telhami said. "They see them rather through the lens of Israeli-Palestinian issues and anger with U.S. policy [in the region]. Most Sunni Arabs take the side of the Shiites on the important issues."
Hutus versus Tutsis. Mr. Palma was correct. Generalissimo Franco is still dead.
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