Of course there is a difference:
Both mean the same, but one is politically correct, and the other isn't.
Seeing the Islamic propaganda at work, sometimes makes me ashamed of being an Arab and not being braindead.
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Oh yay, the only democratic place in the whole middle east is a stain on the east-west relations!
Of course, because nothing is easier than dealing with dictators, sultans, sheiks and ayatollahs. Who needs an elected prime minister when you can just talk with an extremist religious leader instead?