New essay: the West has been dressing up its Middle East conflicts as ancient Babylon since before there was a Middle East policy to dress up. From Griffith’s 1916 backlot to a girls’ school in Minab, the myth is doing work the facts alone won’t do. “Babylon Again” blakandblack.com/2026/08/01/b...
Babylon Again: The West’s Enduring Need for an Eastern EnemyRepeating the patterns of millennia, The war in Iran is yet another instance of the West challenging the East, using the farce of divine rhetoric.blakandblack.com