Comments on: Hersh

By: Marlowe

Marlowe — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Neocons possibly have a Zionist agenda? I’m shocked, shocked!

By: Venturi

Venturi — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Ian Buruma, a colleague of Mr. Hersh, has an interesting review of Lewis’ latest opus, “From Babel to Dragomans” in the newest New Yorker.

My favorite quote from it: “There is often a chasm, of course, between scholary and political acumen.”

By: Sepoy

Sepoy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Ian Buruma’s “review” set my teeth on edge. The article pretends to be critical, sets up all the issues…and then lets Lewis walk off? Why? ‘Cause he LOVES the Arab World too much!?
Lewis needs to be drubbed – Orientalist or no Orientalist and I bet that Rashid Khalidi (quoted in the review) probably said a lot of things about Lewis that did not make it into the review.

the review is here for those interested: ian buruma on bernard lewis

By: Nitin

Nitin — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Sepoy

On Iraq – what I find most unfortunate is that the international media sees a “Sunni triangle”, “Kurdish areas” and a Shia Sadr city. These divisions may have existed previously, but now they are made to appear like faultlines.

By: sepoy

sepoy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Nitin: could be self-fulfilling prophecy, sure. but, remember that there was no “iraq” under the Ottomans – rather three vilayats: Baghdad, Mosul, Basra. The British, keen to do nothing more than pump oil, created random lines on the ground to create Iraq.
Damn the Empire.