tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post5507651146503423341..comments2023-10-05T08:44:09.303-07:00Comments on JG, Caesarea: New York Times Editorial, "Crisis in Egypt": A Failed Attempt at Democracy, an Obama Foreign Policy Fiasco, and More Flatulence from the TimesJeffrey Grossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01847518948270295312noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-68168977901832924262013-07-06T13:40:57.647-07:002013-07-06T13:40:57.647-07:00Thanks. Truthloader's video is simplistic, (h...Thanks. Truthloader's video is simplistic, (he seems solely focussed on Iraq, when the real problems were Egypt and Saudis v Hashemites in 1919) but, always good to have a video reminder of the Sikes-Picot root of today's turmoil.<br /><br />My pet peeve for this week is that the Chechens are hijacking Circassian history.<br /><br />K2K<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-65934608140053168242013-07-04T11:13:58.464-07:002013-07-04T11:13:58.464-07:00"Where to begin? Try 1919-1922. The world is ..."Where to begin? Try 1919-1922. The world is still cursed with the British+French 'solution' to the break-up of the Ottoman Empire."<br /><br />K2K, Good point. Thought you might appreciate the video version of Post Ottoman Empire Middle East History in a nutshell:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2jdWMV4YpU Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-75230359543174977622013-07-04T05:43:45.448-07:002013-07-04T05:43:45.448-07:00Where to begin? Try 1919-1922. The world is stil...Where to begin? Try 1919-1922. The world is still cursed with the British+French 'solution' to the break-up of the Ottoman Empire.<br /><br /><br />Loose ends?:<br />"Jun 20, 2013 - US Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson will be nominated to be the next Assistant Secretary of State for the Near Eastern Affairs"<br />http://backchannel.al-monitor.com/index.php/2013/05/5211/anne-patterson-for-assistant-secretary-of-state-for-near-eastern-affairs/<br /><br />hmm, wonder if she is still getting that promotion, which requires Senate confirmation. (Robert Malley is supposed to become her deputy.)<br /><br />As usual, only Canada has anyone mentioning this is a real blow to the idea that the MB can govern. <br /><br /><br />May this also become a problem for The Weiner/Abedin candidacy, although he is polling the worst with...Jewish voters, but candidate Liu already has the muslim vote nailed. <br /><br />heh.<br /><br />K2KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4067977173951690762.post-84487647158422071242013-07-04T02:32:36.543-07:002013-07-04T02:32:36.543-07:00Some two weeks after "the revolution" so...Some two weeks after "the revolution" some NPR/BBC journalist started her presentation with "After the successful revolution in Egypt .... A day and half later, when I finally stopped laughing, I asked a question: "And how does she know that the revolution was successful?" <br />Well, two years later ...<br />So, what do we have now? Summer? A new spring? And what will happen to Nobel? If I understand it correctly, the nation of Knut Hamsun gave it to Obama for promotion of Muslem Brotherhood. Will they take it back now or give him another chance?<br />Why do I have a sense that the world is a crazy place? Obama's idiotic speech in Cairo, Nobel for it, Kerry and his idiotic going through motions, Obama's idiotic selection of people, etc.<br />I was thinking that everything reminded me of something ... yes, the absurdity of what's going on reminds me of the former Soviet Union when IDEOLOGY trumped common sense and reality.<br />We are in trouble, people. Madness, madness, madness is in the air. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com