Entries from M.J. Akbar at PostGlobal tagged with 'Middle East'
Occupation Only Lights More Fuses
Brilliant proposition, but there is a third “mine” – undermine. George Bush has undermined the American people with the number of fuses he has lit in the Middle East. If the Iraq mine explodes when the foot comes off, that's better than staying to light more fuses.
"New Caliphate" Nonsense
New Delhi, India - There is no revival of the Caliphate. The idea is preposterous; it just gives Bush and Blair another enemy.
Name the Persian Interlocutor
New Delhi, India - An intriguing part of the conversation between the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Paleologus and "an educated Persian" now made world-famous by Pope Benedict XVI, is that the Persian seems to have no name. There is no...
Peace Should Not Be Left to Peacekeepers
New Delhi, India -- A peacekeeping force is a good idea that often has given the United Nations a bad name. There is a U.N. force in Lebanon right now -- the U.N. Interim Force -- but where and this...
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