My, my...it is interesting to observe how my original post has morphed
-- and been misinterpreted.

1) I did NOT say the author was a genius.

2) I did NOT say the author dreamed up the idea of a pan-Arabic caliphate.

What I was saying is that it was quite prescient of the author to see
this coming 8 years before it happened and that of his potential
outcomes, he was prescient in calling this outcome a *nightmare*, the
worst possible case.

Try not to read any more into it than that.

On 10/26/2014 11:38 AM, Hils wrote:

That is something which the Western world's leaders should have
remembered before destabilising the region...

Gee, I'm not sure, but this looks a lot like your way of saying "Heck of
a job, Georgie". (not to ignore your Prime Minister, but W and his gang
of criminals *were* the primary architects of the "war")