Sometimes the background to what shapes my life and thoughts doesn't follow a structured pattern, so here is a completely uncollated assortment of notes about what, I reckon, deserves some attention:
A US officer has commented that "a miscalculation by Iran could lead to war in the Gulf". As my friend Majed put it "a miscalculation by the US could lead to war in the Gulf". Well said Majed, well said.
Al Qabas brings to mind again the fallacy of the obsession over "orientalism". Al Qabas is currently printing a series of fawning book passages about the "great Gertrude Bell" who, we are told "loved the Arabs".
Yet another pundit gets it all wrong about the Middle East. How seriously can people take the claim that rich Arab kids listening to 50 Cent has some kind of political significance to it?
Finally, observe, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kuwait Oil Company, the State-owned organisation which oversees the production of a commodity for all citizens: see photo here
Meet, as well, Farouk Al Zanki, a member of the Board of the Kuwait Project, which is looking to find the right foreign investors to suck this country dry of its oil: see photo here
See the difference? Coincidence? Conflict of interest? You decide!!
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