Renewing Middle East?

This is interesting: Why I have hope for the Middle East

Robin Wright, who has reported on the Middle East for most of her career, has filed a very encouraging report.

"The issue in the Middle East is no longer whether to seek political change. It's how to make it happen."

What she sees happening throughout the entire region she sums up as five lessons:

"Lesson 1: The opposition is more open, ambitious, imaginative and stubborn than ever. And the YouTube generation has become a whole new political class.

Lesson 2:There is no longer a single truth, in either ideology or religion, and challenges to the status quo are coming from unlikely quarters.

Lesson 3: Old Cold War enemies have become unexpected allies -- and the pluckiest agitators for change.

Lesson 4: Watch out for the soccer moms. (You'll have to read the article to understand this one. I ain't giving it away.)

Lesson 5: Pay attention to the moderate Islamists; many are seeking compromise."

Couple that with McCain's recent pronouncement about the new "Hundred Years War", and it confirms what I have been saying for a few years now. Good thing the US won the Cold War cause the reformers in the Middle East now have the forces of democracy and only the forces of democracy on their side. Too bad I won't be around that long to see it come to pass. Oh well. At least I got to witness the pivotal point in Iraq 2003 to 2007.