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2014-09-05 Fifth Column

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-09-05 04:38|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 "Syria and Iraq, once beacons of nationalism for Arab countries"...
The only reason these two were ever mistaken for states is that the USSR provided them with weapons on a scale that made the thought of rebellion ludicrous. As long as there's strong hand on the leash, the dog goes where he's told.
(See also Yugoslavia.)

Posted by ed in texas 2014-09-05 07:22|| 2014-09-05 07:22|| Front Page Top

#2 The conflict in Syria and Iraq and the surrounding areas has thus become the symbol of an ominous new trend:

Oblivious to events in sub-Saharan Africa over the past 60 years is he? Can't we just settle for wobbly, geriatric comments from Castro from time to time and be done with it ?

Posted by Besoeker 2014-09-05 10:31|| 2014-09-05 10:31|| Front Page Top

#3 What passes for order in our time was devised nearly 400 years ago at a peace conference in the German region of Westphalia after a century of conflict across central Europe.

Except that the Westphalian concept of order seems to have had a limited effect on the development of the U.S. We were formed in rebellion against an English king and that system. We were escaping tyranny. The English order had been formed independently and before the Westphalian Peace Conference. The point is the Westphalian "New World Order" of Kissinger seems over inflated. Maybe it's his Austrian background.

The Islamics have always been tribal and probably will always be so long as they believe in Islam.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-09-05 10:32|| 2014-09-05 10:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Many Islamics have always been tribal and always will be as long as they practice first cousin marriage.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2014-09-05 10:41|| 2014-09-05 10:41|| Front Page Top

#5 The Westphalian Order drowned in Manilla Bay and the Straits of Tushima, the new boys didn't understand the rules.

Posted by Shipman 2014-09-05 10:48|| 2014-09-05 10:48|| Front Page Top

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