Concerns about Arab Leaders??

Writing in the NYTime OpEd page today, David Brooks claims that if we pull out of Iraq under a Democratic president, "There would be private but powerful opposition from Arab leaders, who would fear a return to 2006 chaos". I suspect he is correct in this.

However, this predicted opposition from Arab leaders carries little weight with this American. In my opinion, many Arab leaders have been sheltered and funded for too long, under the presence of American forces and arms supplies and oil revenue. The United States is doing too much of the heavy lifting in the Middle East. It's time for the locals, who have lots of our cash from their oil, to step up to the realities and needs of their region. If they do, it will be good for them and good for America. If they don't, then we will both suffer the consequences. But I doubt these consequences could be as bad (or worse) for us than the current situation we are in.