Johnson says that the Buffalo Soldiers learned to keep their tempers under control, because if they didn't rise above a conflict, they'd be court-martialed and lose their jobs.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Smith believes after centuries of Ottoman control, Western colonization and decades of conflict Arabs are trying to stabilize and strengthen their societies and looking for that strong horse to lead them out of their troubled past.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18