Comments on: So…What if? https://www.yourish.com/2011/02/11/13430 Cutting straight to the point Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:55:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Michael Lonie https://www.yourish.com/2011/02/11/13430/comment-page-1#comment-43283 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:55:21 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=13430#comment-43283 Actually, Pablo, I think “The Godfather” would be a better choice that Hammett for a textbook. The tribal/family character of the Mafia makes it more relevant to Arab politics.

]]> By: Pablo Schwartz https://www.yourish.com/2011/02/11/13430/comment-page-1#comment-43219 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 06:17:36 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=13430#comment-43219 “Saudi Arabia would face a highly hostile Egypt battling for hegemony in the region that will attempt to foment Islamist rebellion in the kingdom at every turn.”

the concept of “Islamist rebellion” in Saudi Arabia. of course the .. 7000 Saudi princes don’t encourage that sort of thing *within Saudi borders*. they do, however, support a global takeover of Islam by the 200 year old Wahhabi cult (another attack on Iraqi Shia today. any guesses where the suicide bombers originated?). but, really, politics is gangsterism by other means. you’re more likely to gain insights into this drearily old “strange new world” from Dashiell Hammett novels than from studying international affairs at Georgetown ..

]]> By: Laurence Simon https://www.yourish.com/2011/02/11/13430/comment-page-1#comment-43209 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:41:00 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=13430#comment-43209 I figured the moment the PA/Fateh/Abbas started wasting US taxpayer dollars on having pro-Mubarak rallies in Westbankistan, that was the kiss of death.

-ls/cm

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