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2005-04-04 Home Front: WoT

Pentagon: Muslim Society Does Not Seek Freedom

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Posted by Fred 2005-04-04 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 We seldom yearn for the fruits we've never tasted.

3 words, Master Fred: Patti Ann Brown

Posted by Frank G 2005-04-04 9:30:48 AM|| 2005-04-04 9:30:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 If this is true, explain Lebanon.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-04-04 9:36:48 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-04-04 9:36:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Glad to see somebody has some sense of reality left.

Posted by gromgorru 2005-04-04 9:54:04 AM|| 2005-04-04 9:54:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Lebanon is half Christian.

Posted by JFM 2005-04-04 9:58:07 AM|| 2005-04-04 9:58:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Except for Patty Ann Brown, of course...

Posted by Fred 2005-04-04 10:31:55 AM|| 2005-04-04 10:31:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Waitasec. There is a subtle parse in here: "There is no yearning-to-be-liberated-by-the-U.S...", could also mean that they *want* to be liberated, not just with a destructive invasion--which is common sense, if you think about it. And it also may be particular to the U.S., that is, Syria, for example, has deep ties with the French; whereas they only know about Americans via hateful propaganda. So they would probably favor some kind of mythical "French liberation", as if such a thing could happen. But to *assume* that they don't want to be liberated at all may be way too much to assume.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-04-04 10:41:05 AM|| 2005-04-04 10:41:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 No real surprise here. People in dictatorships don't give their honest opinions. Note also that the Pentagon hires all kinds of anti-American types to do studies for it, so that it can get to know the enemy's arguments.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-04-04 10:42:20 AM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-04-04 10:42:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Zhang Fei
No real surprise here. People in dictatorships don't give their honest opinions.
So lets check with Moslems who live in the West.

Posted by gromgorru 2005-04-04 11:52:38 AM|| 2005-04-04 11:52:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 So let's check with Moslems who live in the West.

Hmm. The West is FULL of people who religiously believe that freedom is worthless, or (for the purposes of someone wanting to convince Moslems that western-style freedom is worthwhile) can be used to justify honor killings of their own.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-04-04 12:17:13 PM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-04-04 12:17:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 So, I guess, it is not a matter of "People in dictatorships don't give their honest opinions." but rather a matter of Moslems rejecting the values of liberal democracy.
Phil, are you familiar with the term local attractor?

Posted by gromgorru 2005-04-04 1:12:42 PM|| 2005-04-04 1:12:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 I used to know more about chaos theory in the past than now.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-04-04 1:30:24 PM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-04-04 1:30:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 I think FrankG has his local attractor in the "On" position - and it's pointed directly at Patti Ann Brown, heh.

Everything I've tried adding on after this sounds so, um, crass...
;-)

Posted by .com 2005-04-04 3:38:45 PM|| 2005-04-04 3:38:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 #11
The point, IMO, you can't go from Moslem culture to Liberal Democracy. First, you've to completely erase Moslem culture---say a 100 year when only women are allowed to hold official posts + first cousins marriages are a capital offense.

Posted by gromgoru 2005-04-04 7:54:15 PM|| 2005-04-04 7:54:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Patti Ann Brown is the loving, mom-and-apple-pie image that our country wants to present. Wait until they see Kieran Chetry.

RowrrrRRRRrrrrr.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2005-04-04 10:28:55 PM|| 2005-04-04 10:28:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Who is Patty Ann Brown?

Posted by mom 2005-04-04 10:39:45 PM|| 2005-04-04 10:39:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 FoxNews - so's Kieran....rrrrooooowwrrr

Posted by Frank G 2005-04-04 10:45:49 PM|| 2005-04-04 10:45:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 We're not quite sure who Patty Ann Brown is. We think she might have been the little red haired girl's older sister.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-04-04 11:59:25 PM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-04-04 11:59:25 PM|| Front Page Top

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