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It is nice to be around people who think differently than you. They challenge your ideas and keep you from being complacent.
Look at what the Omar of Qatar is doing, for example - the King of Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain. There are reform movements taking place, efforts to broaden the political participation of the populations of the region.
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