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2007-02-19 Iraq

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Posted by Penguin 2007-02-19 13:40|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 About time.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-02-19 14:48|| 2007-02-19 14:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Anger at ~~foreign~~ Arabs builds ~~in Iraq~~ everywhere.

Fixed that, looks a lot better now.

Posted by rhodesiafever 2007-02-19 15:50|| 2007-02-19 15:50|| Front Page Top

#3 It's Racism! ... no, they're the same race. It's anti-Muslim prejudice! -- no, they're all Muslims. It's, it's - self-preservation.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-02-19 16:01|| 2007-02-19 16:01|| Front Page Top

#4 It's Racism! ... no, they're the same race. It's anti-Muslim prejudice! -- no, they're all Muslims. It's, it's - self-preservation.

Nah. Xenophobia, or "ultra-nationalism".

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2007-02-19 16:57|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-02-19 16:57|| Front Page Top

#5 not just Arabs but Persians also

and Paleos (who are have been in Iraq for a generation, so they are only semiforeign, doing dirty work for Baathists)

Posted by mhw 2007-02-19 17:00|| 2007-02-19 17:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Hopefully they will soon go into phase two "we are NOT stinking Arabs but the descendants of Mesopotamians, of Hammurabi and of the peole who invented math. Arabs were invadersé.

And then into phase three/

"Islam was the tool for keeping us under Arab boot. We are neither Arabs nor Muslims".

Panrabism leads naturally to islamism so it must be fought

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-02-19 17:17|| 2007-02-19 17:17|| Front Page Top

#7 well JFM

They have taken two important steps.

Step 1 - remember when every time there was a spectacular bombing of civilians, the Iraqis would say, "whoever did this could not have been a moslem" or similar words; well they pretty well know better now

Step2 - they used to blame Americans for everything; electricity down, pot holes in roads, etc. ; well they have finally figured out who is doing it to them

Unfortunately it took them a long time to adjust to the facts; the steps you want them to take (and I would like these steps taken also) are much bigger steps

Posted by mhw 2007-02-19 17:41|| 2007-02-19 17:41|| Front Page Top

#8 There are many, many other non-arab muslims who could say the same thing and repudiate mohamdism. Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, any country in Africa would/should be in the same boat.

Posted by Brett 2007-02-19 18:03|| 2007-02-19 18:03|| Front Page Top

#9 good. Like they teach in hitting instruction: see the ball. Hit the ball. See the Arab. Shoot/arrest/detain the Arab.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2007-02-19 19:12|| 2007-02-19 19:12|| Front Page Top

#10 I can tell you from first hand expierence, meaning I lived with the Iraqi Army, every suicide bomber we encountered was a foriegner. I will also tell you my troopers were quick to ID non nationals and hook them up, and about 98 times out of 100, they were bad guys.

If you do not believe Iraq is the front line and it is better to have the chuckleheads blowing themselves up there, then let me know...I have some serious deals to make you....

Posted by TopMac 2007-02-19 20:00|| 2007-02-19 20:00|| Front Page Top

#11 Thank you, TopMac. That's comforting to know.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-19 22:01|| 2007-02-19 22:01|| Front Page Top

#12 #10 TopMac - If you get lots of takers, would you pass some along to me? I've got this ~~swamp land~~ real estate in Florida I really need to sell 'cuz Mama needs an operation. Yeah, that's the ticket.... ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-02-19 22:42|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2007-02-19 22:42|| Front Page Top

#13 Thanks for your service, TopMac. There are a lot more people who appreciate your work than you know.

Posted by mac 2007-02-19 23:56|| 2007-02-19 23:56|| Front Page Top

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