The remedy to the Arab world broken by "poverty, unemployment and general recession" is twenty more revolutions.
Bob DreyfussQuote of the Day: "The Arab soul is broken by poverty, unemployment, and general recession.… The Tunisian revolution is not far from us. The Arab citizen entered an unprecedented state of anger and frustration."
—Amr Moussa, secretary-general of the Arab League, speaking at an Arab summit this week. Moussa has the diagnosis right, but he didn’t suggest the remedy, namely, twenty more revolutions.
Bob DreyfussBob Dreyfuss, a Nation contributing editor, is an independent investigative journalist who specializes in politics and national security.