The Year We Lost Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, Tunisia and Most of the Middle East The Year We Lost Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, Tunisia and Most of the Middle EastBy Daniel GreenfieldAbout the only people having a Happy New Year in the Muslim world aren’t the Christians who are huddling and waiting out the storm, but the Islamists who use a different calendar but are having the best time of their lives since the last Caliphate. His plan is coming together. POWDERMAN.