The Real Lessons of Iran's Attacks on AWS Data Centers
The Real Lessons of Iran's Attacks on AWS Data Centers 1. The Middle East is fundamentally unstable. The entire region is bedeviled by historic conflicts based on religious divisions (Shiite, Sunni, Christian, and Jewish), a conflict between Europe and Islam going back to the Crusades and the Ottoman Empire, a lack of strong institutions, weak rule of law, lack of democratic legitimacy of governments, and limited acceptance of the notion of secular society (religion and government should be strictly separate to maximize freedom and ensure everyone is treated equally). Even the so-called benevolent monarchies that border the Persian Gulf have absolute power and absolute power always corrupts in the end. Monarchies are outdated institutions. Don't imagine otherwise. Recent governments in the region have promised stability and peace, but extremism abounds. Israel's ethnic cleansing in Gaza, Afghanistan's repression of women, Trump's foolish acts of aggression, and Ira...