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Friday, January 04, 2008
Hope Versus Helicopters
Thursday, January 03, 2008
What's In It For Me?
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Osama's Old Jalopy?
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008
The West As Wana
In a sense, global Islam is now Waziristan writ large. Ahmed rightly spots tribal themes of honor and solidarity throughout the Muslim world—even in places where tribal social organization per se has receded. Literally and figuratively, Waziristan now seeks to awaken the tribal jihadist side of the global Muslim soul. This has effectively thrust the leaders of the Western world into the role of British and Pakistani P.A.s (a famously exhausting job, Ahmed reminds us). With technological advance having placed once-distant threats at our doorstep, the West may soon resemble South Waziristan's perpetually besieged encampment at Wana. Perhaps it already does. Yet Waziristan was ruled indirectly, without ordinary law or policing. Preventing terror plots and the development of weapons of mass destruction requires a more active hand. |
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
They Don't Really Want Those Things At All
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Why Is It Mainly Men Who Are Making These Points?
ARE women across the world mourning Benazir Bhutto? They should be. Not because she was a saint; she wasn’t. She was at least a beneficiary of the billions stolen by her husband from the people of Pakistan. Nor did she do anything much for Pakistani women during her two periods of leadership, declining even to try to repeal the infamous Hudood laws whereby rape victims can be punished for adultery.
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Monday, December 31, 2007
"Experience" Illustrated
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Sunday, December 30, 2007
Fred On Fire
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