Wadeusaf, RE Juan Cole:
It’s worse than that…I’m convinced he’s being cajoled to write what he does.

No objective student of history could espouse his views.

Someone other than Juan Cole has a handle on Juan Cole, if you know what I mean. Somehow, he’s fallen into some weird kind of Micheal Moorish/Edward Saidist patronage trap.

(Isn’t Columbia the beneficiary of a lot of Middle Eastern money?)

To me, Juan’s just like the minah bird in the bamboo cage at the Sumatran bazaar, he has to sing, or else he’ll get fed to the street cats.