Who is not Whom? Bashshar Al-Asad pleads with Time magazine that he "is not Saddam." Husni Mubarak pleads that he is not Bashshar. King `Abdullah pleads that he is not Mubarak. Crown Prince `Abdullah pleads that he is not King `Abdullah. Qadhdhafi pleads that he is not Khomeini. Abu Mazen pleads that he IS Allawi. Angry Arab pleads that the people of the Middle East are nothing like those unsavory autocrats.