OP-ED: To the Arab world, Obama's Nobel leaves something to be desired, By Scott MacLeod, Los Angeles Times, December 9, 2009

Here's the sad truth: Obama's Nobel had nothing to do with the Middle East because, quite frankly, the whole Palestinian-Israeli thing doesn't really matter WRT regional stability or global peace. It is a sideshow and will remain that.

What matters is Iran-v-Saudi Arabia. The rest is for show and people who swallow Ahmadinejad's propaganda.

(Via WPR's Media Roundup)