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\u00a0 \u00a0 People tell me all the time that we should simply ignore the Middle East. \u00a0Let \u2019em\u00a0kill each other if that\u2019s what they want, I\u2019m told. \u00a0It\u2019s none of our business. \u00a0 I understand such comments. \u00a0 The region seems permanently violent and unstable. \u00a0Its many problems seem insoluble, and many there don\u2019t even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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