In one of the opening scenes of “Lawrence of Arabia”, (1962) when T E Lawrence was introduced to King Hussein, the king asked him, “Please don’t tell you are one of those desert-loving English”. Mike Batt wrote and orchestrated…
Category: Turkey
In Celebration of the Neocons
In 2004, awaiting a vote in the newly liberated Iraq, their first democratic vote ever, I wrote my first published essay, “Prospects for Democracy in the Middle East”, a 5500 word opus, and a pro-Iraq War website published it. (I think…
If It Sneaks in the Night like a Raid, and Targets Like a Raid
It’s a raid. Dammit. And not a war. A raid is designed to achieve a limited objective. Raids are not impetuous, born of anger or moral indignation…so no, Ivanka seeing children dead from gas did not prompt this raid. Entebbe…