You can take this as a standard test: Arabs favored by the New York Sun are despised by Arabs outside of the New York Sun. "Will Iraq become a model of freedom for the Middle East, or will its politics devolve into the same cycle of corruption and violence that plagues its neighbors?" Let me answer this one. Yes, Iraq will become a model of freedom for the Middle East. In fact, Iraq is already a model of freedom for the Middle East, provided you define freedom by the number of car bombs that explode daily. (thanks Armin)