Just compare those three simple declarative sentences to the stereotype of Iraqi Arabs as unbeknighted, ignorant barbarians who could not possibly govern themselves [bold mine-DL]. ~Michael Ledeen Unbeknighted?  Were the Iraqis all given honorary knighthoods at some point, and then had them taken away?  The word that the great thinker is looking for is probably “benighted.”  It never … Continue reading “Unbeknighted”