“It is well that war is so terrible, or we should get too fond of it.” Robert E. Lee I began my flight home from the Middle East three years ago today. Three years ago I could not imagine … Continue reading →
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Battle Lines in Tahrir Square (Yanis Behrakis -Reuters via MSNBC) Today violent street clashes broke out in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Following President Hosni Mubarak’s pledge not to run for the Presidency again but remain in office until September and the … Continue reading →
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Tagged as 6 day war, al qaeda, algeria, arab world, bab-el-mendeb, bahrain, egypt, egypt protests, egyptian military, egyptian revolution, henry kissinger, hosni mubarak, israel, jordan, king abdullah, middle east, muammar ghadaffi, muslim brotherhood, red sea, richard nixon, saudi arabia, syria, tunisia, turkey, yemen
Egyptian Protesters with Army Soldiers (AFP Photo) As Egypt goes so goes the Arab World. Egypt is the leader of the Arab World, the largest country and the country with the most powerful military, a developing educated class and one … Continue reading →
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