[eclectic]

To fully understand current conflicts in the Middle East, history must be recalled.

I cannot agree with this premise, although I am all for knowing history and learning from it. It does not take erudite intelligence and sophisticated insight to recognize a creeping pogrom for what it is

[SJackson]

It does not take erudite intelligence and sophisticated insight to recognize a creeping pogrom for what it is

You're right. It takes a conscious denial of history, a lack of simple morality, or an agenda to deny it.