Logic of hate might doom Gilad
Israeli children allowed to scribble taunts on artillery shells bound for Lebanon. (courtesy of AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
The Israeli soldiers captured by militants are not coming back alive. Politically, they serve as too useful an excuse for Israel to grind two of its deadliest enemies, Hamas and Hezbollah, into dust. I say deadliest because unlike ordinary [...]
Program to eradicate al-Qaida brings up familiar names
The Washington Post’s David B. Ottaway writes on Saudi efforts to tackle the al-Qaida ideology that is growing in the kingdom.
There are some interesting excerpts of Ottaway’s article that I should comment on:
Saudi Arabia has mobilized some of its most militant clerics, including one Osama bin Laden sought to recruit as his spiritual guide, in [...]
How will replacing gas with grass affect the Middle East?
In his State of the Union speech, George Bush unveiled plans to wean America off Middle Eastern oil. To do this, he says that scientists need to develop viable alternative fuels. Mundane things as grass or wood could be made to cough up ethanol, which would drive the next generation of motors.
Behind this aspiration is [...]
Positive hatred
You would think that Pat Robertson is a unique individual; that his kind of opportunism is only possible in the all-powerful West, where big money and big resources enable one to act on the darkest goals. You would, most respectfully, be wrong.
An ocean and some sand might divide the United States of America and Saudi [...]
Deconstructing an insult
Two posts ago, I wrote on Saudi Arabia’s fresh concerns about Iran’s (and hence Shi’ism’s) growing influence in Iraq. Foriegn Minister Saud al-Faisal archly suggested to Iraqi Shias that Sunnis be given equal treatment. The Iraqi Interior Minister, Falah al-Naqib (not normally known for his tact) promptly countered with a scathing: “We do not accept a bedouin [...]
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