Middle East dictators always end up bringing their western allies down – and now they've got their coils in the White House | The Independent

Middle East dictators always end up bringing their western allies down – and now they've got their coils in the White House | The Independent: Middle East dictators, we like to believe, live in heaven. They have palaces, servants, vast and wealthy families, millions of obedient people and loyal armies who constantly express their love for their leader, not to mention huge secret police forces to ensure they don’t forget this, and masses of weapons to defend themselves, supplied, usually, by us.