Of Tribes and Men

"Note: I had sent in a column on this topic to the New York Sun, but they keep bumping me off the page, so I’ll summarize the points of the column and add all the stuff that hadn’t fit into my space allocation.

Main point: tribes don’t matter all that much. Generals and experts like to be praised.

Here’s how I started my column:

Last week’s murder of Sheikh Sattar Abu Risha was tragic, but not catastrophic."

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