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2005-11-02 Iraq

Tater vs. Badr- May the toughest Shiite win

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Posted by ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding 2005-11-02 12:13|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "So reminiscent of 1932 Germany. Political parties? Yeah the Germans called their militia the brownshirts. "

Did the Nazis and the German Communists ever run for national office on a joint list? I dont think so. This Sadr vs Badr thing is on a whole different order of byzantine complexity.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-11-02 13:44|| 2005-11-02 13:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, I have trouble keeping my consonants straight.

Posted by Unomoting Glising8233 2005-11-02 13:46|| 2005-11-02 13:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Battle of the Shiite hawks.

Posted by Grunter 2005-11-02 14:53|| 2005-11-02 14:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Also, don't forget to follow the money. Sadr's family, historically, got a cut of every visitors trip to Najaf. Now he gets NOTHING!

Posted by 3dc 2005-11-02 15:25|| 2005-11-02 15:25|| Front Page Top

#5 LH,

Hmmm byzantine complexity perhaps, however you should still revisit your history for a more appropriate analogy.

Maybe you should put apples with apples. Hitler was chancellor under Hindenburg before he was feuhrer. Hindenburg was a Socialist Democrat? I don't remember... Perhaps Sistani can be President Hindenburg and Sadr can play Hitler for the analogy...

or for your analogy...
The Sunni are the obvious Communists and the Shiia would be the National Socialists, but all semantics, all semantics.

Point is that democracy cannot and will not exist while political parties are little more than armed gangs of thugs who use intimidation and murder to reach their political objectives.

That a bit clearer for you?

EP

Posted by ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding 2005-11-02 15:51|| 2005-11-02 15:51|| Front Page Top

#6 As I recall, Hindenburg was a military aristocrat. He yearned for the simple days of olde, when the Kaiser was Father of his people.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-11-02 21:35|| 2005-11-02 21:35|| Front Page Top

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