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A DEEP BREATH AND A STEP BACK

A DEEP BREATH AND A STEP BACK

West­ern gov­ern­ments, ana­lysts and “experts” has­ten­ing for influ­ence and rush­ing to judge­ment in the wake of the rebel takeover of Syr­ia would do well to pause, take a good look at recent his­to­ry, and con­sid­er the pigs’ com­mand­ment in “Ani­mal Farm”: All ani­mals are equal, but some ani­mals are more equal than oth­ers.”Read the rest

UNKNOTTING AN ETERNAL KNOT

UNKNOTTING AN ETERNAL KNOT

His­to­ry, egos, ambi­tion and hubris have entan­gled the Mid­dle East into a polit­i­cal and secu­ri­ty Gor­dian knot. Mythol­o­gy has it that the ends of  impos­si­bly com­plex tan­gle were hid­den, and it could only be undone by the future con­queror of all Asia.Read the rest