Can you imagine if this is
being said about any other people? I can say that writer is himself frozen in time: in classical racist times. And notice that Western writers measure the Middle East by how it feels to them personally. So if this guy misses his childhood days, we should join him too. Having said that, I do agree with him that Sadat and Mubarak are so much worse than Nasser. At least the latter did not embezzle the riches of the country and died broke. (thanks Nicholas)