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The Barbarians Within Our Gates
Arab civilization has collapsed. It won't recover in my lifetime.
By HISHAM MELHEM
Long piece at Politico, of all places, pointing out, from an inside view, that almost all of the Arabs' problems today are of their own making. Worth the read.

Posted by: Steve White 2014-09-22
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=400449