The Latest From Winds Of Jihad: No Value Judgements, please! And don’t you call him fat, or radical, or extremist….. Syrian Christians fear genocide if Assad falls A Message From Sergio Redegalli “Who Killed Whitney Houston?” France: “working like a negro is racist” Sunday Morning Bull A World-Wide Ban on Criticism of Islam? Emory Law Professor Offers a “Bold But Reasoned Approach to Sharia…” Not all Muslims want Islam to dominate the world…. The Katzenjammer Mullahs

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Barry Rubin

The Age of Idiocy

February 23, 2010

When It Comes to Analyzing the Middle East, We Live in the Age of Idiocy By Barry Rubin After more than 30 years of watching people write dumb things about the Middle East, I believe that in the last month I’ve seen more nonsense than at any previous time. The problem arises from ignorance, lack [...]

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Middle East: Listen to What They’re Saying, in their own language, not English

October 23, 2009

Middle East: LIsten to What They’re Saying, in their own language, not English,   By Barry Rubin: Here’s a tip for understanding the Middle East. For Arabic-speaking countries and groups, there are two parallel lines of discourse going on: one in English, one in Arabic. The English-language one is directed outward at the West; the Arabic-speaking is [...]

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A NYT Reporter Gets a Dose of Reality

October 18, 2009

Freed Reporter Smashes U.S. Policy Myths About Afghanistan, Pakistan, Taliban By Barry Rubin/The Rubin Report Fanatical frenzy, worse than hydrophobia in a dog…. When reality breaks into the mainstream media it can be of earthquake intensity. Such is the New York Times article by David Rohde, a journalist held prisoner by the Taliban for over seven [...]

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