Don't mess with crazy people?

Guy Bechor says that the Arabs fear us because they realize that we have learned the rules of the region and will not be pushed around anymore. I worry that he's overstating the case. So how do we explain this bizarre Middle Eastern paranoia? The IDF is training today as it has not done in dozens of years. Every day, from morning till night: Tanks, airplanes, helicopters, live-fire drills and