Synopsis: *Middle East policy should be shaped by Middle East reality, irrespective of its unpredictability and lack of intra-Arab/Muslim peaceful coexistence. It should not be shaped by Western Conventional Wisdom, despite its much more convenient and peaceful alternate reality, which is based on western values. *Western Conventional Wisdom assumes that “money talks,”…
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