![]() You need a constantly readjusted flow chart to ascertain who is on which side and whose side the other side thinks the other side is on! Multiply the idea conveyed in the joke by adding in all the players for the Middle East: Britain, France, Russia, Turkey, Arabs (with rival clans), Jews (with varying ideologies), the United States, Italy, and so on. ![]() But I happen to know that you ARE going to Minsk – so why are you lying?!!” “Listen, Posner,” sighed Liebowitz, who was a very bright shaygets, “when you say you’re going to Minsk, you want me to think you’re going to Pinsk. “So – where are you going?” asked Liebowitz. “Hello, Liebowitz.” “Hello, Posner.” Silence. The two traveling salesmen, competitors in selling notions, spied each other on the platform. Most of the transactions read like my very favorite joke from The Joys of Yiddish: ![]() This is a history of the creation of the modern Middle East, and the interrelationships among all the interested parties. ![]() A Peace to End All Peace by David Fromkin provides an excellent glimpse at the mind-boggling complexity of international relations. ![]()
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