The Connecticut senator, I come to learn, has alarmingly high name recognition in Egypt. And this, naturally, gnaws at the gut.
Truth is, any political conversation here is apt to be dicey—and deeply depressing. At war are two utterly different sets of facts, or perceived facts. I talk with a young woman who is fancily educated, worldly, widely traveled—a doctor and university lecturer. To hear her tell it, the Middle East conflict is essentially a matter of the Israeli passion for mowing down Arab kids bearing stones. The notion that Israel might be prepared for peace, if only its enemies felt likewise, is too fantastic even to consider.
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