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2005-03-30 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2005-03-30 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 While I am as anticommunist as they come, I find Arab communists at least recently are at the sensible end of the Arab political spectrum.

Posted by phil_b 2005-03-30 12:34:52 AM|| 2005-03-30 12:34:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Phil, commies have their own form of taqiyya and kidman. But since their religion is more secular, they sport a degree of rationality... at least until they get to exercise power... then all bets are off.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-03-30 12:40:40 AM|| 2005-03-30 12:40:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Play along, people ... at least for the cameras ... :P

Posted by Edward Yee 2005-03-30 1:15:02 AM|| 2005-03-30 1:15:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Phil, commies have their own form of taqiyya and kidman.

You mean the commies have Nicole Kidman? Send the marines! About Takiyya let's them have her. :-)

Posted by JFM 2005-03-30 6:05:05 AM|| 2005-03-30 6:05:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 kitman.... stop channeling Nicole

Posted by sea cruise 2005-03-30 6:17:56 AM|| 2005-03-30 6:17:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Islamists are irrational and evil. The Communists are just as evil, but rational. We can deter commies with threats.

Posted by Jackal 2005-03-30 8:27:30 AM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-03-30 8:27:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Jackal - Are you saying M.A.D. works against people who aren't mad... but for people who are mad...
;-)

Posted by .com 2005-03-30 8:34:06 AM|| 2005-03-30 8:34:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 JFM, Sea cruise, darn! How that 'd' got in there?
I've no idea, but there was this article in JPost about Kidman that I did read just prior my posting.

Hell, happens even in better families. ;-)

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-03-30 9:07:26 AM|| 2005-03-30 9:07:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 but for people who are mad...

F.A.D. = fucking assured destruction.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-03-30 9:09:47 AM|| 2005-03-30 9:09:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 *applause*

Excellent, Sobiesky, lol!

Posted by .com 2005-03-30 9:18:41 AM|| 2005-03-30 9:18:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 the iraqi commies are really more like euro post commies - Saddam has given them enought taste of totalitarianism to cool their ardor for it. Not sure (in fact quite doubtful) that any other CP in the region has come that far. As for Lebanese CP their motivation is pretty obvious - if THEY cant have guns, why should Hezbollah get them? Note as well, that if CP's appeal is at all similar to Iraqi CP its to poor Shiites - thus Hezbollah is their direct competitor, and theyd like to see it weakened.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-03-30 9:22:21 AM|| 2005-03-30 9:22:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 Hizb Allah claims it will not disarm because of the need to liberate the Shaaba Farms, which is on the southeast side of Lebanon (actually its part of Syria that is occupied by Israel).

This is a pretty weak reed to justify the fact that the Hizb goons are carrying arms around in Beirut.

I'm waiting for the day when the opposition says to Hizb -- "OK, you can carry guns around within 10 miles of Shaaba Farms but not elsewhere".

Posted by mhw 2005-03-30 9:47:30 AM|| 2005-03-30 9:47:30 AM|| Front Page Top

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