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2011-11-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by ryuge 2011-11-27 08:04|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 ...8090% of the world's Muslims are Sunni and 5 20% are Shia Differences in beliefs doesn't make for entirely chummy relationships between Shia and Sunnai.

Iran is largely Shia. It's doubtful Iran will be in the catbird seat anytime soon at the center of a Muslim caliphate. And there will be a hiccup in their nuclear ambitions at some point and many Arabs and others will breath a sigh of relief.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-11-27 08:42|| 2011-11-27 08:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Can't think of a bigger curse than having to run Iraq.

Posted by Durnham Freebody 2011-11-27 13:41|| 2011-11-27 13:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Islamic prophecy includes a period of unity in the final war against disbelievers. After that, muz go at each other until the end of days.

Frankly, Erdogan is positioning Turkey as a sunni-shiite broker, with unity being the prize. He doesn't want ayatollah power continued in Syria because it is exercised as a rival factor.

Our lamebrain pundits have yet to perceive that calipha restoration is in the works. Western Civilization has the capacity to stop an entity that will result in hundreds of millions of casualties in islam's perma-war.

The indifference to the certainty of nuclear tipped ICBMs aimed at the US homeland, while "pre-emption" is supposed to frame US foreign policy, is staggering. Everyone is prisoner to the nation-building/redeemer-nation rhetorical fictions. Not enough people are being killed in the GWOT. Piecemeal killings need to be replaced with wholesale slaughter. The problem is: their lives.

Posted by Sneamp Splat8837 2011-11-27 14:23|| 2011-11-27 14:23|| Front Page Top

#4 The race is on, will Islam collapse with or without an associated nuclear holocaust? Islam collapses either way.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-11-27 17:54|| 2011-11-27 17:54|| Front Page Top

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