Links 26-30 August 2011
Profile of wonderful Yves.
A wonderful Flickr set of Persian miniatures.
Good cartoon.
The video linked here seems like so long ago.
On the Libyan katibas.
Hear, hear.
"Guns, not civilian politics, are currently determining Libya’s future"
How Morocco's political model hinders its economy.
Hamas, acting like Israel.
Music to my ears.
Can't blame them.
How sad that Morocco is now described as a country clinging to autocracy.
I agree with Robert Kaplan - Obama's caution on Libya was quietly great statesmanship.
Clever Qatar.
Probably bull, but if true, unsurprisingly sociopathic.
Hisham Matar.
More on "Libya as a model"
Interesting post on liberal interventionism post-Libya.
On Sinai and Egypt-Israel relations.
Or, the problem with Sharia.
Taking a page from Libya, rebels say no to negotiations, take up arms.
Charles Glass on Libya.
I just RT'd this but will tweet again, because it is succinct and important: #SCAF promises cheat sheet:
On Copts post-revolution.
Scary that the debate is about which troops to send, not whether to send any.
Good post on the $42m financing of Islamophobia.
So ridiculously, tragically late.
Will #Hezbollah desert Assad before the end? #Syria
Jews have been the majority in West Bank since 1800's? So says Dem strategist in Politico:
On Egypt and Tunisia's efforts.
Wikileaks cable on Egyptian response to 9/11, dated 9/12/01
Good piece by Eric Alterman on the terrible Jennifer Rubin.