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RIP Bernard Lewis

An Armenian genocide denier and he was all for the invasion of Iraq- which gave rise to ISIS. Lousy scholar and analyst.
 
PoS said:
An Armenian genocide denier and he was all for the invasion of Iraq- which gave rise to ISIS. Lousy scholar and analyst.
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. . . Dr. Lewis had no qualms about hard-edged policies toward the Middle East, once famously advising “get tough or get out,” in what some have dubbed the Lewis Doctrine. He repeatedly denied that he backed the invasion of Iraq, saying he advocated for greater aid to Western-allied Kurds in northern Iraq as a counterweight to the Baghdad regime. . . .
Dr. Lewis also withstood criticism for his stance that the slaughter of Armenians starting in 1915 did not meet the strict definition of “genocide.” He acknowledged the huge loss of life among ethnic Armenians in what was then the Ottoman Empire, but he insisted that there was insufficient evidence linking it directly to orders by Ottoman rulers. Estimates vary widely, but between 300,000 and 1.5 million Armenians *perished. . . .
 
Lewis was far too neoconservative for my taste.

At any rate, RIP Mr. Lewis
 
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