A stupid Arab stance is a Stupid Arab stance... That will just push Non-Arabs to get in...as seen...
Instead of doing the first move... they waited for it to get out of end...
As for Saddam... It was other Arabs in the region that worked against him... The maghreb region actually cheered for him... and to this day... Arabs in ME as seen as some sort of Traitors of the Arab cause.
The Irony...could be that Arabitization must start somewhere around Iraq first... In the Maghreb region... The ME is seen as not-that Arab anymore/Arab in name only...
You should check A previous Football match with an Iraqi Team...