"Ajami wrote that the Gulf States, with their monarchies, are more humane and
civilized than their Arab military “republic” counterparts. Even with regards to
the Bahraini issue – which the western media failed to interpret correctly –
Ajami was clear in his rejection of the unjust claims about the Kingdom of
Bahrain, when he attributed what happened there more to sectarian tensions than
to anything else." It says it all. (thanks "Ibn Rushd")