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  • Reflections upon Explaining the Middle East to Washington

    To Washington

    DRUGS

    Don’t go to a drug dealer for a cure,
    When the drug addict is deteriorating.
    Don’t go to funders of extremism for a cure,
    When their victims are deteriorating.

    MAJORITIES AND MINORITIES

    Being a majority is no excuse for amnesia,
    Being a minority is no excuse for paranoia,
    If you are both, then you are screwed.
    Destined to ignore the past,
    But be suspicious about why everyone hates you.

    RETIREMENT

    Do not ever retire,
    From the purpose
    Of your life.…

  • Imagine a Violent World Where You Have No Military Option: What Would You Do? | Marc Gopin

     

    Here is my latest from Huffington Post:

    Imagine a violent world in which all means to defend yourself with violence is out of the question. No matter which way you turn the people with guns just suck. They are dangerous, unreliable, and are killing or getting killed all the time. What would you do? Especially if you were a guy, like most who do the killing in conflict. What if you were surrounded with corrupt and dangerous military on the one side and extremist rebels on the other?

    No one likes to think about this reality, even though it is the more common reality of war faced by millions of people since the dawn of time. It does not fit our neat brain patterns for simplistic gut reactions. Some gut reactions always side with government and military, others side with those who are defiant and willing to fight. Everyone …

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