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2005-01-31 Iraq-Jordan

Muslim Scholars just hates those Iraqi elections

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Posted by Fred 2005-01-31 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 There is nothing quite like Arab Logic. It needs a warning label. methinks...

The Surgeon General has determined that Arab Logic may be seriously hazardous to your mental health. If you delve too deeply, it has been shown to cause fundamental physical changes in the brain... first it severs the corpus collosum causing grande mal seizures and convulsions... then you begin speaking in tongues as your right and left hemispheres engage in a battle for dominance... text no longer makes sense - and you must rely upon the pretty pictures... then it fries the myelin from all your intercranial neurons, effectively shorting out all but the simplest thought patterns, and turns Schwann cells into Schwinn cells. As the event unfolds, your synapses begin to fire in perfect syncopated rhythm with Led Zeppelin's Kashmir and a puff of smoke comes out of your ears. Afterwards, when the event has completed, of course, you're a shoo-in to qualify for the Tour de France and you'll find yourself inexplicably drawn to the NYT Fashion & Style Section and consider vacationing in Paris as a rational act. In the final death-sprial of what was, once, your shining intelect, you'll consider haute couture as normal daywear.

Your choice. Don't say you weren't warned.

Posted by .com 2005-01-31 12:42:10 AM|| 2005-01-31 12:42:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 "Iraqâs influential Association of Muslim Scholars..." I think there is a minor grammatical error here. I think the word "influential" should be capitalized, as part of their self-given title. So instead of IAoMS, it should be IIAoMS.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-01-31 8:37:18 AM|| 2005-01-31 8:37:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Iraqâs influential Association of Muslim Scholars

. . . destined to take its place alongside Pat Buchanan's American Conservative magazine, Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential bid, and the Cleveland Browns offense, in the Organization of the Overrated and Overconfident Hall of ~~Fame~~ Obscurity.

Posted by Mike 2005-01-31 8:51:38 AM|| 2005-01-31 8:51:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 rare form PD! LOL

Posted by Shipman 2005-01-31 10:26:34 AM|| 2005-01-31 10:26:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 :) Tanx, bro!

Posted by .com 2005-01-31 10:31:37 AM|| 2005-01-31 10:31:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 whatthe? I love Led Zeppelin!

Posted by Frank G 2005-01-31 10:46:24 AM|| 2005-01-31 10:46:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 And that link goes to one of the best examples of R&R syncopation ever recorded, heh.

Posted by .com 2005-01-31 10:49:20 AM|| 2005-01-31 10:49:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 "The elections are not a solution to the Iraqi --problem, because this problem is not an internal dispute to be resolved through accords and elections. It lies in the presence of a foreign power that occupies this country and refuses even the mere scheduling of the withdrawal of its forces from Iraq",--

Then it becomes an internal dispute which cannot be solved by accords and elections.

Posted by anonymous2u 2005-01-31 10:53:26 AM|| 2005-01-31 10:53:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 ---"We have consistently argued that elections can only occur in a democracy that enjoys sovereignty---

Like the 2002 elections?

Posted by anonymous2u 2005-01-31 10:54:59 AM|| 2005-01-31 10:54:59 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 I don't know about "Arab logic", but I've read plenty this morning that convinces me that Sunnis are morons and "Sunni logic" is an oxymoron.

Posted by Tom 2005-01-31 10:55:02 AM|| 2005-01-31 10:55:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 Al-Kubaysi said AMS believed political consensus among Iraqi parties could only be reached once the foreign military presence left the country and all parties had to rely on debate rather than use of force.

So does this mean AMS WONT take part in the upcoming constitutional discussions?? If they do all the above is simply rhetoric. If they dont, I think they will simply marginalize themselves.

I also note that some Sunni groups DID participate, notably the party led by Adnan Pachachi. Also there was considerable Sunni voting in parts of Baghdad and Mosul, and even some in Fallujah of all places.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-01-31 11:45:04 AM|| 2005-01-31 11:45:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 the "Kashmir" part would be cool, the rest of it I'd rather avoid........

Posted by Jarhead 2005-01-31 11:49:14 AM|| 2005-01-31 11:49:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 foreign forces that have occupied our land and hurt our dignity

He just said it, the Sunni's can blame whoever they want, but it's really their own fault because all they care about is pride, and noone elses dignity for over 30 years.

Sorry about the lack of choices, Sammy wasn't on the Ballot this time!

Posted by Chineter Spoger1529 2005-01-31 1:51:46 PM|| 2005-01-31 1:51:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Bummer, TGA: your elections are still not legitimate while we have our troops over there. You, too, Bulldog. Oh, and South Korea and Japan.

Posted by jackal 2005-01-31 8:16:30 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-01-31 8:16:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 40% of the Sunni voted. This is just a bunch or trubaned retards. A far as I can tell all you need to be a Muslim Scholar is a turban and some people stupid enough to follow you.

The reporters hanging out in the green zone love this crap they can drink all day and report this nonsense as news. It plays to their bias so of course they love it.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-01-31 8:37:10 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-01-31 8:37:10 PM|| Front Page Top

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