“One day Syria would push Israel back to its pre-1967 borders. They had made gains in the region, kicking the Americans out of Iraq, but Israel still existed. Their American masters were on their knees, sent running from Lebanon, Iraq, and Afghanistan. They were now focused on domestic problems, riots in their streets, political division, and an economy crippled by the pandemic. They even made themselves again dependent on foreign oil, oil from the Arab world. Self-inflicted wounds.”
― In the Blood
― In the Blood
“We didn’t leave when Sayid Halabi was trying to wipe out half the world’s population with a coronavirus”
― Total Power
― Total Power
“Simple. If you can’t make sense of something—if it seems to lie beyond your understanding—then you’ve nothing but bad reasons for claiming that you ‘know’ it’s supernatural. On the other hand, if eventually you do make sense of it, bingo: the temptation to call it supernatural evaporates. History of science in a nutshell.”
― Ghosts in the Machine
― Ghosts in the Machine
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