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I truly hope more Americans start hopping off the Warmonger Train. I hope they begin to realize that a humble Non-Interventionist Foreign Policy is the logical way forward. It's time to turn the page on Perpetual War.
Great article from Lew Rockwell
I meant to make a new nation…
– T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1922)
I had formed a beautiful and gracious image and I saw it melting before my eyes….I did not think I could bear to see the evaporation of the dream which had guided me.
– Gertrude Bell to King Faisal of Iraq (1922)
It was in this world made of failed British utopians such as Lawrence and Bell, those who were doing the work of the imperialists, into which America entered.
The CIA’s Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East, by Hugh Wilford
This is a story of the early American Arabists, those who made the first moves into the region that was dominated by British and French colonialists, beginning, for the most part, during World War Two. (Yes, they were initially “Arabists,” not Zionists.)
We are introduced to several characters: Kermit “Kim” Roosevelt Jr., Chief of CIA covert operations in the Middle East and grandson of Teddy; Archibald B. Roosevelt, Jr., CIA officer and also grandson of Teddy and Kim’s cousin; Miles Copeland, a friend of the cousins; a long list of American anti-Zionists; numerous Arab, Jewish, and British leaders.
When Wilford began the research for this book, he was surprised by two things: first, such a book – a comprehensive look at America’s covert actions in the Middle East – had not previously been written; second, the first Americans on the scene were favorably disposed to the Arabs and Muslims...
Read More:
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/09/bionic-mosquito/americas-great-game/
Great article from Lew Rockwell
I meant to make a new nation…
– T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1922)
I had formed a beautiful and gracious image and I saw it melting before my eyes….I did not think I could bear to see the evaporation of the dream which had guided me.
– Gertrude Bell to King Faisal of Iraq (1922)
It was in this world made of failed British utopians such as Lawrence and Bell, those who were doing the work of the imperialists, into which America entered.
The CIA’s Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East, by Hugh Wilford
This is a story of the early American Arabists, those who made the first moves into the region that was dominated by British and French colonialists, beginning, for the most part, during World War Two. (Yes, they were initially “Arabists,” not Zionists.)
We are introduced to several characters: Kermit “Kim” Roosevelt Jr., Chief of CIA covert operations in the Middle East and grandson of Teddy; Archibald B. Roosevelt, Jr., CIA officer and also grandson of Teddy and Kim’s cousin; Miles Copeland, a friend of the cousins; a long list of American anti-Zionists; numerous Arab, Jewish, and British leaders.
When Wilford began the research for this book, he was surprised by two things: first, such a book – a comprehensive look at America’s covert actions in the Middle East – had not previously been written; second, the first Americans on the scene were favorably disposed to the Arabs and Muslims...
Read More:
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/09/bionic-mosquito/americas-great-game/
