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| Musharraf Sees Iron Curtain Between West, Muslims |
| 2004-07-06 |
| An iron curtain is descending between the West and the Muslim world, Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf warned on Monday. Political injustices, poverty and illiteracy are fueling religious fundamentalism and terrorism, he said in a speech while on a visit to Sweden, urging rich countries to help Muslim nations with investment and socio-economic reforms. Most of Pakistan’s 150 million people are Muslims, and a third of them live in poverty. Many people in the Islamic world "feel deprived, hopeless, powerless" and could be "indoctrinated by distorted views of Islam," Musharraf said...A solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seen as just by mainstream Muslims might end 75 percent of global terrorism, Musharraf said. Creating a Palestinian state side by side with Israel behind the pre-1967 war borders would likely require "political coercion" from Washington, he said. Musharraf goes off the reservation...wants more $ I think |
| Posted by:rex |
| #9 Superhose is right, though, about their needing that mirror. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-07-06 4:28:20 PM |
| #8 Super Hose: Arab/Muslim terrorism comes out of a deep sense of shame not out of the Palestinian situation. I disagree. Arab/Muslim terrorism comes out of deep sense of entitlement - what they don't have, they feel entitled to take by force. Why this sense of entitlement? Because they think of themselves as a superior culture that has been held down by the Western powers acting in concert. Their sentiments are like those of the Western explorer slowly being boiled alive in a cooking pot by cannibals in uncharted lands - they may be in our power, but they think of themselves as innately superior. Why? Because. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-07-06 2:36:11 PM |
| #7 Arab/Muslim terrorism comes out of a deep sense of shame not out of the Palestinian situation. I read that Scotland Yard is investigating 100 Muslim on Muslim "honor" killings in the UK - I think that Muslims have quite a bit to be ashamed of that will continue until they purchase an industrial size mirror. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-07-06 1:24:31 PM |
| #6 ...A solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seen as just by mainstream Muslims might end 75 percent of global terrorism, Musharraf said. Excuses, excuses, excuses. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-07-06 1:13:44 PM |
| #5 a lot of people wish there really were an iron curtain - so muslims wouldn't come here ask the french |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-07-06 1:01:19 PM |
| #4 Yep-Zhang Fei has it right. They don't realize our philosophy of life-you don't get what you don't earn, and you can't earn anything using terror. The thing about jihadis that is different than other blackmailers, though, is that you can do what they want and they still will carry out terrorist attacks. It's a smelly bargain to begin with-their word means nothing. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-07-06 11:20:06 AM |
| #3 Musharraf is basically demanding ransom payments. Thanks but no thanks. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-07-06 9:48:36 AM |
| #2 This is indeed, BS. First, the Paleos don't want to co-exiset beside Israel - they want to replace Israel. Second, even if a permanent Israeli-Palestinian solution were found, the jihadis would find another issue (jihad: it's what we do). Third, what is preventing the muslim world from investment and socio-economic reforms? Only themselves. They have a lot of oil money (pissed away), and a religion that says no interest (hard to run a good bank that way). Finally, they spend most of the day complaining about cultural imperialism - do they really want social reform from without? Perv & cluebat: a swing and a miss! |
| Posted by: Spot 2004-07-06 9:19:54 AM |
| #1 A solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seen as just by mainstream Muslims might end 75 percent of global terrorism, Musharraf said. It might, but it won't. This statement and what comes out of the ass end of a bull have a remarkable resemblance. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2004-07-06 8:50:45 AM |