Wednesday, July 21, 2004

recommended reading. Juan Cole debunks right-wing claims about Iran. As usual, he knows far more about the Muslim world and its factions and politics than do most of the war hawks to whom all Muslim people seem to look alike and thus they assume that all Muslim people think alike. [Al-Muhajabah's Islamic Blogs] I think she's being too nice to the Crusaders, many of whom show no sign of regarding Muslims as people at all. 10:57:02 AM    comment () Blatantly obvious strategy. How many of you grew up playing 'RISK'? Yes, I see a bunch of hands up... no less than I would expect from a bunch of Samizdata readers. So... with everyone's mind now in the proper context, I give you the before and after maps of the middle east and central asia created by American Digest. Many of us have had this image in our minds as we wrote on the current world war over... [Samizdata.net] At last, the mystery of what universe Crusaders are living in is solved. They think they're living in a simplistic global-conquest boardgame! 10:46:32 AM    comment ()

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