Epstein Secrets

times. In the aftermath of defeat in the 1967 war against Israel, Egypt's soldiers became the object of ridicule. The jokes got so out of hand that Gamal Abdel Nasser finally called on Egyptians to stop poking fun at the army. But Egyptians' political jokes do not come without a price: Through the years, hundreds

r in the Middle East. The kingdom's closest ties remain with Pakistan. The Pakistani press has reported that Riyadh provided a $1.5 billion loan to Islamabad to help Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's effort to get Pakistan's economy out of its slump. The Saudis have a close relationship with Sharif, who live

st powers in order to weaken its rivals - continues to rule the country under the military system introduced in 1952 when Mohammad Naguib and then Gamel Abdel-Nasser seized power. Militarism and patriarchy are inextricably linked, and both view masculinity as the opposite of femininity. If soldiers - and, by ext

ier Province, since renamed Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, the land of Pakhtuns or Pashtuns. At one point the insurgents were 60 miles away from the capital, Islamabad, sending shudders across the country. In a massive operation more than 100,000 troops pushed back the Taliban offensive, but the government's cont

ia, Israel was much more ambivalent about that outcome. The Israelis are always opposed to the rising regional force. When that was Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser, they focused on Nasser. When it was al Qaeda and its sympathizers, they focused on al Qaeda. When it was Iran, they focused on Tehran. But simple

tant here. Following the 9/11 attacks the U.S. invaded Afghanistan to destroy the Taliban — a regime that had harbored and supported Al Qaeda. But Islamabad had also harbored and supported Al- Qaeda, was a longstanding sponsor of terrorism, and a dictatorship with a dismal human rights record that had al