“A few years ago, they [Neandertals] were thought to be ancestral to anatomically modern humans, but now we know that modern humans appeared at least 100,000 years ago, much before the disappearance of the Neandertals. Moreover, in caves in the Middle East, fossils of modern humans have been found dated 120,000-100,000 years ago, as well as Neandertals dated at 60,000 and 70,000 years ago, followed again by modern humans dated at 40,000 years ago. It is unclear whether the two forms repeatedly replaced one another by migration from other regions, or whether they coexisted in some areas” KnowsYearsHumansWellsHas BeensTwoFormFoundModernMiddleAreasYears AgoEastRegionsMiddle EastReplacedCavesFossilsMigrationDisappearanceUnclear Author:Francisco J. Ayala
“Gas prices in many parts of the country are nearing $4 a gallon; it could get even worse as unrest spreads throughout the oil-exporting Middle East. Yet the Obama administration once again seems to see no crisis. It has curtailed new leases for offshore oil exploration for seven years and exempted thousands of acres in the West from new drilling. It will not reconsider opening up small areas of Alaska with known large oil reserves.” YearsCountrySeemsKnownMiddleAreasCrisisWestSevenSpreadOilEastOpeningAdministrationGasExplorationMiddle EastReservesSeven YearsAlaskaOpening UpAcresUnrestGallonsDrillingLeaseGas PricesOffshoreExporting Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“How many migrants, how many immigrants, how many migrants and refugees fleeing war-torn areas in the Middle East are permitted into the Vatican? I'm not kidding. I think I saw a story where they're going to take ... two. It's obviously symbolic. They will take two at the Vatican, thereby setting an example and showing how it's done.” ThinkingTwoWarDoneStoriesSawsMiddleExampleAreasEastSettingSettingsImmigrantsMiddle EastTornRefugeeSymbolicMigrantsFleeingSetting An Example Author:Rush Limbaugh
“They [root causes of terror] come out of a long dialectic of U.S. involvement in the affairs of the Islamic world, the oil-producing world, the Arab world, the Middle East - those areas that are considered to be essential to U.S. interests and security.” WorldLongCausesInterestMiddleSecurityEssentialsAreasRootsAffairTerrorOilEastIslamicMiddle EastInvolvementArab WorldDialecticsRoot Cause Author:Edward Said
“I know the American administration is trying to refurbish its image after Irangate, especially in the Middle East and among their friends in this area. No doubt about it. We are following it.” KnowsTryingDoubtMiddleAreasFollowingEastAdministrationNo DoubtMiddle East Author:Yasser Arafat
“Persia is very different from the Arab Middle East in terms of architecture and language. Even though we think of them as one big Middle Eastern area, in truth, Persia's quite distinct.” ThinkingDifferentBigsLanguageTermMiddleAreasEastArchitectureMiddle EastEasternPersia Author:Ben Affleck
“It is difficult for anyone to tell you what is going to happen. [Middle East] is an area where everything is on the brink of explosion.” HappensDifficultMiddleAreasEastMiddle EastExplosions Author:Bashar al-Assad
“[Roots of terrorism] come out of a long dialectic of U.S. involvement in the affairs of the Islamic world, the oil-producing world, the Arab world, the Middle East - those areas that are considered to be essential to U.S. interests and security.” WorldLongInterestMiddleSecurityEssentialsAreasRootsAffairTerrorismOilEastIslamicMiddle EastInvolvementArab WorldDialectics Author:Edward Said
“If you live in the [Middle East] area, you see [U.S actions] as part of a continuing drive for dominance, and with it a kind of obduracy, a stubborn opposition to the wishes and desires and aspirations of the people there.” PeopleIfsKindActionDesireWishMiddleAreasEastAspirationOppositionMiddle EastContinuingStubbornDominance Author:Edward Said
“Perhaps the most troubling area in the world goes from the Balkans through the Middle East and in Central Asia.” WorldMiddleAreasEastMiddle EastAsiaBalkansCentral Asia Author:Brent Scowcroft
“I think everybody realizes some things went wrong in the Middle East and that most of the terrorism is emanating from that area.” ThinkingRealizingMiddleAreasTerrorismEastMiddle East Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“You can't anticipate history. It's only when you look back you see what the Romans did, and what various other empires did, what the British Empire did. We're now beginning to see the long shadow that it created, so one must be hopeful and say that what's going on in Asia, that what's going on in the Middle East, that all these various areas of conflict, that they will pass and move onto another area. But it would seem that the natural order of things is there is this cyclic behavior of destruction followed by a calm period.” LooksLongSeemsMovingOrderNaturalMiddlePeriodsConflictBehaviorShadowAreasDestructionCalmVariousBritishEastHopefulEmpiresMiddle EastAsiaAnticipateBritish EmpireNatural OrderLong Shadows Author:Roma Tearne