http://crdaily.com/2009/09/history-lesson/ The blog of the monthly conservative journal of UNC-Chapel Hill Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:33:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://crdaily.com/2009/09/history-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-1938 Faisal Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:50:24 +0000 http://crdaily.com/?p=2923#comment-1938 Lawrence of Arabia is playing this weekend at the Carolina Theater. You might learn more about middle east history from it than Fleming's ramblings. Oh and it has Obi Wan Kenobi in it. Lawrence of Arabia is playing this weekend at the Carolina Theater. You might learn more about middle east history from it than Fleming's ramblings. Oh and it has Obi Wan Kenobi in it.

]]> http://crdaily.com/2009/09/history-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-1928 jlcrowde Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:08:14 +0000 http://crdaily.com/?p=2923#comment-1928 Well said, Chris. Well said, Chris.

]]> http://crdaily.com/2009/09/history-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-1926 ___0_ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:48:28 +0000 http://crdaily.com/?p=2923#comment-1926 I agree that was a pretty weak column. It's difficult to sum up the history of western imperialism in Iraq in just a few paragraphs, and he wastes a lot of time saying very little -- he doesn't even mention the US role as a major backer of Saddam Hussein and the Ba'ath Party from the 1963 coup right up to 1991. I agree that was a pretty weak column. It's difficult to sum up the history of western imperialism in Iraq in just a few paragraphs, and he wastes a lot of time saying very little — he doesn't even mention the US role as a major backer of Saddam Hussein and the Ba'ath Party from the 1963 coup right up to 1991.

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