Discuss Bernard Lewis's prognosis concerning the future of the Arab countries

Lewis's prognosis of the future of Arab countries is written from an entirely Western point of view. It is much easier for someone from the outside to look at a situation and give their mathematical, analytical description of it, complete with clear solutions to their problems. In this case, Lewis decides that there are "two competing diagnosis' of the ills of the region on offer, each with its own prescription for a cure." He believes …

…not a fully worked ideology, the required giving of a percentage of your wealth to the poor definitely has socialist flavor.         Lewis's prognosis is clearly biased. It seems that he tends to look down on Arabs as a people whom are not fitting to control their own destiny and are in need of guidance from Western ideologies. If all Western money and influence were removed overnight it isn't as if everything would be righted overnight.