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To: JohnM who wrote (21981)	3/23/2002 3:41:42 PM
From: tekboy	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Kramer definitely has an axe to grind, but that doesn't mean he's entirely wrong. Views like those he cites are indeed quite prevalent among academic Middle East specialists here, just as they are among lots of folk abroad. What he doesn't point out, however, are that a number of prominent Middle East experts spoke loudly and clearly during the fall in ways he would like or agree with. I mean, I doubt Bernard Lewis, Kramer's hero (and adviser), has ever had the blanket media exposure and mass audience he received in recent months. And certainly Fouad Ajami, Michael Doran, Fareed Zakaria, and a number of other people who wrote on these questions in important venues after 9/11 were more in agreement with Kramer than opposed to him... So, my problem is that he seems to need to feel like a beleaguered victim, and to see the omnipresence only of those he disagrees with... tb@arbiteroftruth.com

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