Author Claude Salhani discusses

his new book "While the Arab World Slept:

the impact of the Bush years on the

Middle East," at Royal Roads University.

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VIDEO OF TALK AT THE MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE

Part Two

Talk at the Middle East Institute, Washington, DC

Dec 1, 2009 - by Claude Salhani

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presents

While the Arab World Slept

the impact of the Bush years on the Middle East

ABOUT THE BOOK:

By Claude Salhani

 

Author, journalist, political analyst and editor of the Middle East Times, Claude Salhani looks back at the eight years of the Bush presidency through a series of analyses and essays. From his base in Washington, DC and through numerous visits to the region to interview those whom Bush labeled “bad guys,” Mr. Salhani chronicled the events of September 11, the three wars launched by the Bush administration in the Middle East and the disastrous foreign policy that ensued, along with its consequences.

 

Of the three wars America found itself fighting, one was imposed on the nation after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 on New York and the Pentagon; the second, the invasion of Afghanistan, was a natural extension of the first. It was the third war, the one in Iraq that was unnecessary. Iraq became a distraction from the main war, the one against Islamist terrorism. Instead of finishing the task at hand, of finding or neutralizing Osama bin Laden and destroying the Taliban, vital logistics and important funds were wasted on a war that should not have been.  However, whether the war in Iraq was justified or not will remain a matter of debate for generations to come. History has not said its final word and the last chapter may be a very different one than what we expect.

 

Will the wars started by President Bush leave a positive impact assuming democracy gets a foothold in the Middle East?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

 

For the last 35 years Claude Salhani has traveled the world – 78 countries at last count, and many of them more than a dozen times. He covered 12 wars and has interviewed most of the key players in the Middle East. He has appeared on more that 40 different television and radio networks; lectured at 15 of the top universities and participated on panels at about 12 of the U.S.’s top think tanks. His reports have been published in major newspapers and magazines around the world, including The Times (London), the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Diego Union Tribune, Foreign Service Journal, Middle East Policy Journal, Salon.com, The American Conservative and many others.

 

He is the author of “Black September to Desert Storm;” and contributing author of “The Iraq War.”

 

Mr. Salhani was based in Beirut, Cairo, Paris, Brussels, London, New York and Washington, DC.  He was wounded three times while reporting on various Mideast conflicts. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut. He is fluent in English, French, Italian, Arabic and has a working knowledge of Spanish. He studied in the Master’s in Conflict Resolution program at Royal Roads University, in Victoria, Canada.