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Too much, so so much, to unpack before the totality of this article disparates into the sands of time once again. Except at an exponential speed compared to the original. So comment I must right now.

Rather than Who Knew? in this case it is You Knew! You knew far more than I ever did. But little did you know that 23 years later nothing would have changed. Except that rather than 5 million Jews, Israel now has over 9.5 million. Despite it having been ceded to the Palestinians half a decade earlier, in 1995, you made no mention of Gaza or Hamas. There is no recognition of Israel’s astonishing contributions to 21st Century technology nor any earlier or later peace negotiations aborted by the Arabs.

I recently wrote a theory trying to answer how we got to today. I may have to shelve it, at least until I digest yours and re-gestate mine.

It’s unfair. Your 2001 article beat me by two decades, then disappeared like cicadas, only to reemerge full throated today. I missed it, or didn’t recognize the need to remember it.

So much to unpack, but one superficial irony to observe. Are you contending this was commissioned by the New York Times?!! I’ll be surprised if today’s paper of record (remember that?) don’t come after you and the Free Press for copyright infringement. Well, screw ‘em. Let those corrupted bastards eat their own words today.