he's one of two or three brits that deserve respect -- like hitchens.
theodore is a doctor who has worked in many war-torn areas of the world, and he has seen appalling stuff first hand. and his perspective is dignified and neutral.
what a nice contrast with the asinine jerk william dalrymple who's supposed to be a 'historian'. i remember him holding forth in a BBC show that "thomas the apostle *could* have come to kerala". yeah, but history is supposed to be about what happened, not what could have happened.
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