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December 31, 2013

Tribes? What Tribes?

Why does the American MSM almost never mention tribes, except occasionally as an afterthought, and never speak about how countries like Libya are organized socially, and how that affects their politics?.... That kind of appellation is considered just this side of racist in the higher etiquette of American Enlightenment liberalism, deeply dented, as it has been, by the nonsense of anti-“Orientalism” regnant now for more than a generation in academe. Of Photo-Opportunism and Hazmat Garbage Collection - The American Interest

Posted by gerardvanderleun at December 31, 2013 8:18 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Tribes? What Tribes? We don't need no stinkin tribes.

Posted by: tripletap at December 31, 2013 10:32 AM

Tribes? What Tribes? We don't need no stinkin tribes.

Posted by: tripletap at December 31, 2013 10:32 AM

Don't read the article. He starts with the premise that the NYTimes has investigated Benghazi, and completely cleared Hillary. With a premise like that he clearly is talking out of his @$$#013.

Oh, BTW, Arab society is tribal, and if you want a good explanation of what that means. The following video by Steven Pressfield, the author of Gates of Fire, is the first in a series explaining tribal society in Afghanistan (it applies everywhere from Afghanistan to Morocco):

Episode 1: "It's the Tribes, Stupid"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioCcO3_k6v0

Posted by: Fat Man at December 31, 2013 12:47 PM

Why wouldn't you want to read the article just because he has a stupid premise? If you restrict reading to those who are not talking out of their asses you'd be left with only me and you. And I'm not sure about you.

Posted by: vanderleun at December 31, 2013 1:58 PM

Until 11/6/2011 I subscribed to the NYTimes. I don't any more. I don't miss it. I might as well let you take the incoming.

I feel like Rush Limbaugh, I know what they are going to say long before they open their mouths. As for the linked article. Anybody who believes the dugash in the NYTimes is just a sucker, and has nothing to tell me.

Posted by: Fat Man at December 31, 2013 5:45 PM

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