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The World is Flat

If Books Could Kill

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The Importance of Revenge in the Middle East

Freedman's belief that the ostensibly insular culture of the muslim world is a threat to globalization wait really yeah He's got like a huntington turn at the end. It's in his final chapters titled the muslim question Oh, no, I'm kidding. Freedman cut his teeth right lebanon israel middle east expertise Ostensibly meanwhile he was like many pundits Deeply incorrect all the time throughout this era Like he you know He said the afghanistan war was over in january 2002 great some highlights from his columns over the years In 1999 during the bombing of iraq he suggested quote blowing up a different power station in iraq every week So no one knows when

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