Shatz's piece is very good on essential tragedy of Ajami: started off as critic of West & Arab dictatorships but ended as USA apologist.
@saladinahmed Fair enough -- although didn't he speak up for the Palestinians until at least the mid 1990s? Or is my memory fuzzy?
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@HeerJeet Possibly. Though probably matters that 20 years ago, bare support/sympathy for Palestinians was less 'contra,' politically. -
@saladinahmed True. Perhaps his goal was always to be a servant of power -- and he changed tune to meet that ambition.
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