The Secretary of State recently stated that the Middle East will have to “overcome” the tendency to see things in Sunni-Shi”a terms. There are two things wrong with the statement of Condoleeza Rice. The first is the o’erweening, history-ignoring idea that Sunni-Shi’a rivalries and hostilities can “be overcome.” The Sunni-Shi’a split long ago transcended the … Continue reading Fitzgerald: Rice and worse than Rice