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From the Open Forums Friday, January 27, 2012 New York Times erases Israel from their map Well that was expected.
The New York Times website and the International Herald Tribune are reporting that the Middle East "is on the cusp of creating its own Silicon Valley experience."
The , "Entrepreneurial Spirit Awaits Its Moment in the Middle East" by Dania Saadi, states that "International investor interest in start-ups in the Middle East came to the fore in 2009 when Yahoo spent $164 million to buy Maktoob.com, an Arabic content portal based in Jordan."
This is exciting news. Maybe one day the Middle East will resemble the geographic region where... Posted by Mediocrates 2 comments Tags: In The NewsFriday, January 27, 2012 The Saddam tapes and what they mean A new book, , based on transcripts of conversations between Iraq's Saddam Hussein and his inner circle, provides a disconcerting look at the "rationality" of another regime with nuclear ambitions. Culled from thousands of hours of tape recordings captured by American forces, augmented by analysis from the , the book addresses several issues relevant to Iran, including Saddam's views of the United States, Israel, and weapons of mass destruction, as well as Iran-Iraq relations and first Gulf War. The book also allows us a view of the Saddam regime's... Posted by Mediocrates Tags: Tackling Anti-SemitismFriday, January 27, 2012 A Jewish leftist points out the antisemitic tropes in the Jewish left. Well that's a start.
(From news article) As the months-long debate dragged on over the term “Israel-firsters,” I’ve wondered when someone on the left would actually stand up and directly condemn it as the anti-Semitic charge that it is. Spencer Ackerman, a national security reporter at Danger Room, is the first to do just that. His essay at Tablet today is sure to draw blowback from his fellow progressives, but it’s an honest and important piece that clearly took a lot of guts and integrity to write.
Read it , but here’s a key... Posted by Mediocrates Tags: U.S. PoliticsMore from the Open Forums
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