"All I Got Was a Bag of Rocks"

A journalist from Egypt who contributed to my book "America Misunderstood: What a Second Bush Victory Meant to the Rest of the World" wrote the following:

"There is a recurring theme in US presidential politics, at least from an Arab point of view. And it goes like this: while Israel is in a candy shop, choosing between a lollipop and gum, each sweeter than the other, Arabs are like Charlie Brown at Halloween--their trick or treat bag is full of rocks."

- N. Sivakumar