Posted by Sigismund on November 30, 2008, at 15:08:17
In reply to Re: Mumbai attack » Sigismund, posted by Nadezda on November 30, 2008, at 10:20:45
You can't bomb a climate of ideas into submission. The perception presumably is that Islam is under threat and all means are OK to defend it. Since the Anglo world has done so much to facilitate this view, we are the ones they want to kill. How far back do we have to go? Back to the Ottoman Empire, I suppose. And, of course, the proxy war in Afghanistan against the Soviets. Was that Brezhinski? Did he say 'We will give the Soviets a Vietnam?' Or do we go back to Mossadeq? Saudi Arabia? The oil?
I can't imagine they are very impressed with lectures on democracy coming from us, especially after Iraq.
I feel sorry for the women, the progressives and the moderates who live in this part of the world. Sufiism was really nice too. Hafiz, Rumi.
I sure hope Obama does something about renewable energy.
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