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BAGHDAD,
\n Iraq, Feb. 22 – A powerful bomb shattered the golden dome at one of Iraq’s
\n most revered Shiite shrines on Wednesday morning, setting off a day of
\n sectarian fury in which mobs formed across Iraq to chant for revenge
\n and attacked dozens of Sunni mosques.<\/p>\n
from the New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n The spasm of violence currently convulsing Iraq When engaged in a struggle with a powerful and determined Like a punch drunk little Irishman who will launch himself The Israelis have been playing these dangerous games with their The players in the street even acknowledge this about Adding a religious civil war to the pestilent panorama in Iraq would be like giving smallpox infected blankets to a Lets take a tip from our Islamic brothers, and do away Is it any wonder that we see so few Islamic names and features in the But if they want to join the Congress of Nations and be woven in any BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 22 – A powerful bomb shattered the golden dome at one of Iraq’s most revered Shiite shrines on Wednesday morning, setting off a day of sectarian fury in which mobs formed across Iraq to chant for revenge … Continue reading
\n is evilly eloquent testimony to any number of dead-end elements in
\n our downward
\n spiral
\n of intervention, but one of the most crucial and seldom noted is the
\n ease
\n with which the "Islamic Street" can be manipulated, set off, and
\n counted on to react in a violent, knee-jerk manner whenever the puppet
\n masters feel the need for the smell of gunpowder and cordite in the morning.<\/p>\n
\n opponent, knowing that that opponent is going to react in a certain way
\n when touched exactly
\n there<\/em>, or prodded precisely like that<\/em>, can be a decisive
\n advantage. Be it from the depth of their convictions or the lack of artifice
\n and deception, the levers that move Islamic public opinion are clearly visible and hitting them
\n ridiculously easy. Just stand back, results vary.<\/p>\n
\n into a 300-lb police commissioner who makes a wisecrack about his mother,
\n the entire
\n "Islamic Street", an amorphous and ethereal presence until it appears out of a cloud of smoke and fog
\n in some public square, seemingly at a moments notice, armed to the teeth
\n and looking for a way to vent its rage and bloodlust, swinging wildly at anyone or
\n anything that appears in its path, can be set off by anyone with access to their ears and a few magic words.<\/p>\n
\n Palestinians for decades, pressing their buttons and maneuvering them
\n into a tragic dead
\n end of arrested development, internecine self-destruction and institutionalized
\n corruption. Master chess players, the Zionists paved a path to power
\n for Yasir Arafat, a figure so twisted and misdirected that it will take
\n the Palestinians another complete generation to recover from him. Unfortunately,
\n this is making it impossible for the surviving Jewish peacemakers to
\n find anyone capable or reliable enough to make peace with.<\/p>\n
\n themselves. One
\n of the theories circulating in the Middle East about the Cartoon Wars
\n is that they were an intentional provocation by infidel media magnates
\n who knew how violent and unsightly the reaction to them would be. Now,
\n in Iraq, we see competing sects of Islam frantically pushing each others buttons
\n to derail the ill-conceived and already doomed American attempt at nation-building
\n and plunge the country into an authentic civil war.<\/p>\n
\n tribe where everyone is already dying of AIDS. With Sunnis and Shi’ite’s
\n blowing each other’s
\n mosques up like Baptist churches in Alabama, the last pretense for the
\n existence of a country called Iraq, other than as a front organization
\n authorized to sign agreements with the American oil companies, has been
\n blown to smithereens. <\/p>\n
\n with lies and pretense. Just declare the oil-rich regions a wholly-owned
\n subsidiary
\n of Haliburton and Exxon, get Blackthorn SEcurity to set up a defensive
\n perimeter around the oil fields, and get out of Dodge.<\/p>\n
\n World Series of Poker? That they roll out the red carpet when they see
\n these guys coming at the casinos of Monte Carlo or the Bush White House?
\n Who else are we going to hang all our paper on? The Chinese are already getting wise.<\/p>\n
\n meaningful way into the emerging fabric of peoples and cultures which will define the next stage of human history, they need to get a handle
\n on that temper. How to arrange anger management for a billion people?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"