“Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes.” NeedsJusticeMiddleEastMiddle EastDictatorPeace And Justice Author:James Buchan
“Soaring prices for crude oil, falling production surpluses, wild speculation in commodities, a rush into the precious metals, turmoil in the Middle East, assertive oil producers: it is 1973-74 all over again, and at dictation speed.” FallMiddleProductionsSpeedOilEastProducersMetalsMiddle EastCommoditySoarSpeculationCrudeTurmoilSurplusAssertiveDictationPrecious MetalCrude Oil Author:James Buchan
“Suicidal violence is not the exclusive property of the Muslim world. Suicide bombings were a tactic of nationalist struggles in 19th-century Europe and Russia, the far east during the second world war and the Vietnam war, and in modern Sri Lanka.” WorldWarStruggleViolenceModernCenturyEuropeSuicidePropertyEastRussiaWar Of The WorldsVietnamSuicidalTacticsExclusiveVietnam War19th CenturyBombingSecond World WarMuslim WorldSri Lanka Author:James Buchan
“For all their current prestige, Osama bin Laden and the suicide bombers are still regarded in all but the most desperate districts of Gaza or Peshawar as romantics with little chance of more than symbolic victories, however bloody and brutal. That gives both the Middle East and the West a small and distant hope of security.” GivingLittlesStillsChanceMiddleSecurityVictorySuicideWestCurrentsEastDesperateMiddle EastBrutalBloodySymbolicBin LadenPrestigeOsama Bin LadenGazaBombersSuicide Bombers Author:James Buchan
