Hi X-
I was passing through and, seeing the mention of Sandra Mackey, wanted to put in my recommendation that you check out her book. The Reckoning is excellent; she is very knowledgeable and informed, having lived in the ME for years, and her writing is straightforward. Unlike Con Coughlin's book, which felt somewhat sensationalized in its style to me, she borders on academic. The final chapter was chilling -- especially since it was written before we went to war. It adds great credibility to the rest of her opinions and predictions.
YOu know, it was obvious even to me, a person very ignorant about the ME, after reading just a few books on the topic, that the divisions within this country were so absolute, and so filled with enmity, that any illusions about a unified country, or real democracy being a concept they were capable of comprehending, were just that-- illusions on our part. I can't understand how- or why- this could have been ignored. (Or maybe I don't want to know?) |
