While the Palestinian leadership largely falls under this category, certainly it is not true for many normal Palestinians.

Some surveys show as high as 75 percent support for peace with Israel, and a major disillusionment with their current leadership and political situation.

As with Iraq, or any other tyranny, the people must be kept separated from their regimes.

I still believe that the vast majority of people on Earth are primarily concerned with simply doing their jobs, raising their families, enjoying their lives and their friends, letting their neighbors live their own lives, and living without fear. And this is what makes me optimistic about the big picture.