>> How can you "demonize" that type of brutal regimes? What more can you say about them? That Assad eats children? I was referring to the _relative_ treatment.

>> How can you "demonize" that type of brutal regimes? What more can you say about them? That Assad eats children? I was referring to the _relative_ treatment. I thought this was clearly implied. Syria's regime is definitely not above blame. But neither is Saudi Arabia and it deserves an equal share of 'demonization' by the government and the media. >> Sigh, so Saudi Arabia is pro Israel? :-) You musn't mistake public policy that carries no weight with actual behavior. Egypt under Mubarak was trumpeted as anti-Israel, but was clearly colluding with them in Gaza affairs. Saudi Arabia is unique in that there is a strong powerful extremist movement that needs to be placated by the ruling family. This makes for more empty talk that confuses many. >> North Korea sells/sold nuclear tech to Syria/Iran; are you really claiming they have "neutral" relations with Israel? They too have had their share of trouble as we all know, but I may be wrong on this one. >> please don't write this kind of thing on HN What kind of thing? When you see remarks like those of noduerme being upvoted, it's important that people understand that our governments are just as responsible for sustaining the abuses going on in the MidEast so that they don't misdirect their hate towards muslims/arabs.