"The Shiites of Iraq had risen, they had come forth with their grim tales of what they had endured during the long night of Baathist despotism, but the Palestinians remained hostile to the claims of the Shiites. They seemed to begrudge those tormented people of Iraqtheir moment and the right to their own grief." This man's venom against the Palestinians does not end. What does the Palestinians have to do about Iraq? They have to support the Bush Doctrine as he has done? And do you notice that Ajami does not see other (non-Shi`ite) victims of Saddam? And also, can you imagine a social scientist of any other region in the world, writing such drivel: "National movements are often carried away by delirium, their politics can become deeds of self-immolation, and the Palestinians have come to embody the suicidal streak of mass-based nationalism."