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Clash SHARE BUTTON From a western perspective, making sense of the ever evolv- ing politics of the Middle East can at times feel like refereeing a football match in which both sides are wearing the same col- ors. The governments of the NJ STAGE 2017 - Vol. 4 No. 8 by Eric Hillis west seem equally befuddled, condemning the Islamic funda- mentalists of some nations while selling arms to those of another, and dropping bombs on both the terrorists and the govern- ment forces fighting them. INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 22