Are All Middle Easterners Liars?

Lying is endemic to Middle East politics and the results are predictable. Don't these people ever get it? if your word stands for nothing, you stand for nothing. One of the essential tenants of dick management is that impulses generated by the appetites (think, "I want...") must be restrained. Lying is a form of mental colonization by your dick. This is why liars and manipulators in general are frequently referred to as "dicks'.

Note the following: Israel has approved a new settlement in the West Bank to house former Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip, officials said Tuesday, breaking a promise to the United States to halt home construction in the Palestinian territories.

Saeb Erekat, an aide to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, condemned the construction and urged the government to revoke its authorization, saying it violated the spirit of cooperation inaugurated by a meeting Saturday between Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.