Check out the best Thomas Friedman column in quite awhile, on hard-and-fast rules for understanding the Middle East. I just wish he'd written it three or four years ago.
Posted by Stephen Silver at December 21, 2006 02:29 PMWow that was great. Now if he could just have mentioned the difference btw the belifs of kurds, sunnis and shiites, I would be all set.
Posted by: A at December 21, 2006 03:17 PM