Backing up the argument: Europe has a long record of pro-Arab bias and double standards in the Middle East, especially since the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The European Union is indeed a sort of historical miracle that put an end to war in Europe. But Europeans should understand that the Middle East is not Europe. The pacification of the European continent occurred not as a result of the appeasement policy of the 1930s, but after the total victory against totalitarian regimes and after the democratization of these regimes. The Europeans cannot expect to apply their model to the Middle East, a region of dictatorships where dictators “need” war and external enemies to justify their illegitimate rule of their subjugated peoples. If Europeans want to play a constructive role, they should put pressure on the dictators that want war and not on the democracy that wants peace. ( See background )