That raises an obvious question: When regimes in the region collaborate with terrorist groups, how can intelligence cooperation with them, let alone a coalition to fight Islamic extremism, be credible? The so-called pro-Western regimes in the Arab Middle East simply do not see eye to eye with the West about the meaning and implications of the war on terror, or even about what violent radicalism is.
这就引出了一个显而易见的问题：如果地区政权与恐怖组织合作，那么与他们的情报合作有多大可信度，更不用说与他们组建打击伊斯兰极端主义的联盟？阿拉伯中东地区所谓的亲西方政权在反恐战争的意义和影响、甚至暴力极端主义为何物的问题上根本不同意西方的看法。