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The Hinge of the World: How Saudi Oil and Western Ideas Connect Two Opposite Civilizations
www.RobertTracinski.com ^ | 06/15/2004 | Robert Tracinski

Posted on 06/15/2004 7:23:26 AM PDT by Robert Tracinski

This geographical accident connects the heart of Western Civilization--the need for man-made power to drive our industrial civilization--to the heart of Islamic Civilization: the holy city of Mecca and the traditionalist Arab-Muslim societies of Arabia. Like fratricidal Siamese twins, two opposing civilizations have been joined at the heart.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: clashofcivilizations; oil; roberttracinski; saudiarabia; westerncivilisation

1 posted on 06/15/2004 7:23:29 AM PDT by Robert Tracinski
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To: Robert Tracinski

you excerpt your own article---why?


2 posted on 06/15/2004 7:38:29 AM PDT by Rudder
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To: Robert Tracinski
"History is not just cruel. It is witty."
~Charles Krauthammer~

3 posted on 06/15/2004 8:08:31 AM PDT by Savage Beast (My parents, grandparents, and greatgrandparents were all Democrats. My children are Republicans.)
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