"...is about using small numbers of men and low-tech techniques to paralyze a whole civilization"
I was a little surprised to see that turn of phrase from you. What's a civilization? The term is too often used by those who'll contrast 'the West' with 'Islamic', as if the two expressions named clearly defined and intrinsically opposed camps. How does one find out which "civilization" someone belongs to? Maybe they should print it in our passports...
Making a similar case:
http://www.amazon.com/One-Country-Proposal-Israeli-Palestinian-Impasse/dp/0805080341
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Abunimah#Published_work
Anything to add re issue of displaced Iraqis living in Syria?
"...is about using small numbers of men and low-tech techniques to paralyze a whole civilization"
I was a little surprised to see that turn of phrase from you. What's a civilization? The term is too often used by those who'll contrast 'the West' with 'Islamic', as if the two expressions named clearly defined and intrinsically opposed camps. How does one find out which "civilization" someone belongs to? Maybe they should print it in our passports...