Archive for October 22, 2007
On Fouad Ajami, Again. I was reading in Fouad Ajami’s The Foreigner’s Gift today. First, what a silly title. Secondly, he out did himself this time. Thirdly, he is so devoid of insights and original ideas, that he resorts to relying on the Middle East expertise of the literary editor of the New Republic. Fourthly, [...]
Posted on October 22, 2007 by As'ad
A deal will be reached in Lebanon: it will be rotten. This confirms my theory: if you pin your hope on any side in Lebanon (in the March 14th camp or in the March 8th camp), you will surely be disappointed.
Posted on October 22, 2007 by As'ad
Do you notice that the world does not notice that Israel has not stopped killing Palestinians in the last several days, weeks, months, etc?
Posted on October 22, 2007 by As'ad
One Iraqi poet, Sa`di Yusuf, eulogizes another (Sarkun Bulus)
Posted on October 22, 2007 by As'ad
Khalid Saghiyyah on Jumblat’s visit to US.
Posted on October 22, 2007 by As'ad
New TV yesterday ran a “report” on the number of Jewish ambassadors among US ambassadors in the Middle East. I was most disappointed. I never thought that New TV would stoop to this level. Anti-Semitism is also the last refuge of the fools and lazy-minded.
Posted on October 22, 2007 by As'ad
“Dr. Bernard Lewis explained the terrorists’ reasoning this way…” (thanks Laleh)
Posted on October 22, 2007 by As'ad
Former chief of Syrian internal security, Bahjat Sulayman, responds to my criticisms of the Syrian regime. (thanks Ziad)
Posted on October 22, 2007 by As'ad
This is how the Washington Institute for Near East Policy is identified in the New York Times: “foreign policy speech to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a research organization.”
Posted on October 22, 2007 by As'ad
Learning to be white: “It is a theme that seems to have informed the youthful Republican congressman’s every step, from his decision at age 4 to jettison his given name of Piyush for that of a character in the television series “The Brady Bunch†to the attentive faith-infused courting of conservatives that led to his [...]
Posted on October 22, 2007 by As'ad
Iraqi poet, Sarkun Bulus, dead. (thanks Sinan)
Posted on October 22, 2007 by As'ad