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2007-03-23 Arabia

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Posted by Fred 2007-03-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ..On the one hand I call BS, especially the one hundred dead, 90 of whom were Army. On the other hand, if they're killing each other, they aren't trying to sink our destroyers.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-03-23 08:50|| 2007-03-23 08:50|| Front Page Top

#2 The natural state of Arabs --- and the one wherein they constitute the minimal threat to the rest of the world --- is tribalism.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-03-23 09:52|| 2007-03-23 09:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Yemen on brink of sectarian war

Hooray! Can we sell both sides weapons, please?

Posted by Excalibur 2007-03-23 10:02|| 2007-03-23 10:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Sell them a live Nuke with an internal GPS sensor, set to explode if moved over 100 yards in any direction, including straight up.
Arm on delivery.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-03-23 16:27|| 2007-03-23 16:27|| Front Page Top

#5 "They refused all offers by the government to disarm and form a political party to live in peace," said Abdullah al-Faqih, a professor at Sana'a University. "I think the rebels have this time lost all grounds for negotiations with the government."

A two-bit professor in a third world backwater is able to recognize this simple fact, yet the most sophisticated leaders of the civilized world's greatest nations cannot bring themselves to arrive at the same conclusion. Go figure.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-03-23 23:11|| 2007-03-23 23:11|| Front Page Top

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