Nationalistic Dreams of Unity in Middle East
It is a sad day when one opens the Opinion section and reads a supposedly scholarly article that lacks any historical or political reality, presented as the leading article. I refer to “Grand Delusions.” It endeavors to represent that the Arabs have been pursuing an unfulfilled dream to unite the Arab nations, which share a common history and language. Four “Arab” leaders (among them Khomeini who was an Iranian and thus a non-Arab) are introduced. The four pursued the dream of uniting “Arab” nations, including Iran, a non-Arab nation.
The Times has accomplished in a single day what 2,500 years of history has failed to do, i.e., the destruction of Iranians’ separate and distinct identity, history and language.
BABAK SOTOODEH
Irvine
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