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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 15:29:02 -0400 (EDT) To: gulf2000 list From: Juan Cole Commentary on Hanson, “Our Enemies, the Saudis” in Commentary Re: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/hanson.htm I don’t mind so much that Hanson is a specialist in ancient Rome who knows no Arabic and has never lived in the Middle East, and yet delivers himself of […]

History News Network ( http://chnm.gmu.edu/hnn/ )6-24-02 FOREIGN AFFAIRS——————————————————————————– By Juan R. I. Cole Juan Cole is professor of Modern Middle Eastern and South Asian History at the University of Michigan. The world in 2002 is plunged into war or preparation for it in a number of significant hotspots. During the past decade, we have entered […]

History News Network http://chnm.gmu.edu/hnn/ 6-3-02 FOREIGN AFFAIRS ——————————————————————————– The Downside to the Bush Doctrine (On View in South Asia Now) By Juan Cole Mr. Cole is professor of Modern Middle Eastern and South Asian History at the University of Michigan Does the current conflict between India and Pakistan show that President George W. Bush made […]

Deterrence and the Bush Doctrine Juan Cole Whatever Ikle’s (and Lowry’s) point of view represents, it is some fringe in the Republican Party but certainly not the stance of George W. Bush. Bush has been meticulous since September 11 in addressing and wooing Muslim audiences and emphasizing that Muslims are not the enemy, terrorism is. […]

More on Ikle and Nuking Mecca To: gulf2000 list Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 09:39:53 -0400 From: Juan Cole There is a difference between believing in freedom of speech and believing in giving prominent press platforms to hate speech. I believe Mr. Ikle should be free to believe and to say anything he likes. I […]

Ikle on Nuking Mecca: Or, Racism Lives Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 14:17:39 -0400 From: Juan Cole Re: Fred Ikle, Stopping the Next Sept. 11 http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110001790 Where Ikle writes: “Those who out of cowardice use their wealth to pay danegeld to the preachers of hate and destruction must be taught that this aggression will boomerang. […]

Iraq and September 11 Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 22:37:27 -0400 (EDT) To: gulf2000 list Subject: Re: Laurie Mylroie: Iraq, the Strategic Blunder, NRO The media industry around sabre rattling toward Iraq continues to flourish. But I just spent a week in Turkey talking to ordinary people, and I want to report that Turks are […]

Bin Laden’s Plan When I said that “He (OBL) knew what the likely US response would be, and had thought several steps ahead, as in chess” I was referring to September and October, when the al-Qaida propaganda machine clearly was way ahead of the United States. I personally also believe that al-Qaida assassinated Ahmad Shah […]

Bin Laden’s Intentions In his taped interview with Sheikh al-Harbi (or whoever it was), which was probably secretly taped without Usama’s knowledge by one of al-Harbi’s associates, Bin Ladin says that he was the most optimistic of the al-Qaida high command about the impact of the planes. However, he only thought that the floors above […]