Frankly.
The Iraqis are proving every day that they need a dictator to rule over them with an iron fist and stop them from killing each other.
The Lebanese, judging by their actions over the last few weeks, are proving that they need a foreign power to stop them committing political suicide.
The Palestinians, killing each other and being unable to form a coalition governemnt, are proving that they are not mature enough to run their own affairs.
I am not demanding a Saddam Hussein by another name for Iraq, the return of Syrian influence to Lebanon, or the Palestinians being put under U.N. tutelage. The Iraqis, Lebanese and Palestinians are doing it by their own actions.