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Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East by Rashid Khalidi Beacon Press 223pp., $23 "The silence of the experts is part of a larger problem," Columbia University historian Rashid Khalidi laments in the introduction to his critique of American policy ...
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Rashid Khalidi
The Corner on National Review Online — Tuesday, October 28, 2008 [image] Rashid Khalidi [Michael Rubin] Since Rashid Khalidi has, by his close friendship to Senator Obama, returned to prominence, it may be worth revisiting the quality of Khalidi's scholarship and how he subordinates scholarly integrity to polemic. I had the pleasure of reviewing one of Khalidi's recent books, here . Separately, Qubad Talabany has, for more than a year, privately asked Kurdish businessmen to donate to Democrats because he feels that the Democrats. What is ironic, however, is that while no doubt many Democrats are sympathetic to ...

McCain Thanks L.A. Times for Hiding Obama Video
ScrappleFace — ... “After all,” Sen. McCain added, “it’s been 30 years since the Coastal Road massacre when Palestinian soldiers hijacked a bus, slaughtering 37 Israeli civilians and wounding 71. Rashid Khalidi was merely director of the press agency at that time, kind of like a journalist. He didn’t actually fire any of those weapons that day.” ...

The Left's Logic of Conspiracy
The Corner on National Review Online — ... to Saddam Hussein s attempted genocide against the Kurds. Me: Mr. Duss simply fabricates this and should apologize. What Duss actually refers to is a July 2004 book review . Nowhere do I claim that Mr. Khalidi is ideologically sympathetic to Saddam s attempted genocide against the Kurds. Mr. Duss made that up. What I did write is this, In his historical analysis, Khalidi demonstrates little understanding of Iraqi history, failing to mention Saddam Hussein's use of chemical weapons on the Kurds and the draining of the marshes. Rather, he implies that Arabs think with one ...

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