Posted on Feb 26, 2019
In new book, Lebanese Satirist Karl reMarks skewers Middle East pundits
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This was a while back. The Israeli foreign minister had gotten a bit of a beef with the Swedish government and then he said, "You know, the Swedish government needs to understand that relations in the Middle East are more complicated than IKEA furniture." So, I produced this classic image of the IKEA, of how to put furniture together, but explaining the whole Israeli-Palestinian conflict. That's one of my favorite drawings, and that has things like the different bits that you need: You need tanks, you need rifles. Then he goes on showing how you demolish houses and how to expel people. It's kind of trying to explain that in the style of an IKEA guy.
In new book, Lebanese Satirist Karl reMarks skewers Middle East pundits
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Thank you, my friend PO1 William "Chip" Nagel for sharing the unsurprising-to-me fact that Lebanese Satirist Karl reMarks "skewers Middle East pundits" in his latest book And Then God Created the Middle East and said ‘Let There Be Breaking News.’”
"Karl Sharro: The title came from an old tweet of mine, and actually the full title is "... And Then Said 'Let there Be Breaking News Analysis.'" It was one of a series of observations that we were making about the international media's obsession with reporting on the Middle East.
Carol Hills: Karl, I know you love to take on pundits, especially those who try to explain the Middle East.
One of my favorite things is when pundits say things like, "This aspect of the Middle East is complex, it's thorny, and very difficult to understand. Here's my 500-word article explaining it all."
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"Karl Sharro: The title came from an old tweet of mine, and actually the full title is "... And Then Said 'Let there Be Breaking News Analysis.'" It was one of a series of observations that we were making about the international media's obsession with reporting on the Middle East.
Carol Hills: Karl, I know you love to take on pundits, especially those who try to explain the Middle East.
One of my favorite things is when pundits say things like, "This aspect of the Middle East is complex, it's thorny, and very difficult to understand. Here's my 500-word article explaining it all."
FYI SSgt (Join to see) SPC Mark Huddleston Sgt Deborah Cornatzer MSG (Join to see) Robert Collet Rhonda Hanson SSG Jeffrey Leake SSG Jose M. Hernandezsanchez Sgt David G Duchesneau SFC James Shanks SPC Jordan Sutich SGT Mike Moschkin SGM Bill Frazer 1SG Dale Cantrell SPC Mike Lake PO3 William Hetrick PO3 Lynn Spalding TSgt Chuck Mankin
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