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2008-03-11 Home Front: Politix

New envoy hopes to better explain U.S. to Muslim world

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Posted by gorb 2008-03-11 04:28|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Rice said Islam is an important part of the American fabric of life.

Total crap. If you removed Islam from America we'd not notice. Even deleting every Scientologist would have a more noticeable effect.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-03-11 14:43|| 2008-03-11 14:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Rice said Islam is an important part of the American fabric of life. "Our growing Muslim population is a great and welcome addition to our country," she said at a gathering of diplomats from conference member countries at the State Department.

Piling it on a little thick there, Condi?
I won't miss you when you're gone...

Posted by tu3031 2008-03-11 14:49|| 2008-03-11 14:49|| Front Page Top

#3 They're not listening.
I think they understand us only too well. That's the trouble.

Actually, they don't understand us at all - they play with the people in Washington. What we really need is someone like Petreaus in the White House, telling Iran that we'll turn their little piece of desert into a huge sheet of radioactive glass if they don't behave. We don't need to make nice - Arabs equate "nice" with "weak". We need to show the muzzies everywhere that when we've had enough, the other side ceases to exist. THAT is something they can understand.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-03-11 17:38|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-03-11 17:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Wrong person, wrong side. The US ambassador to the OIC should be named Goldman.

Posted by ed 2008-03-11 17:56|| 2008-03-11 17:56|| Front Page Top

#5 this fellow is an Ismaili (a shia who believes the 7th Iman disappeared and will return as opposed to the mainstream Shia who believe the 12th Iman disappeared and will reappear).

The Ismailis are a non-violent bunch and are persecuted by both Sunnis and mainstream Shia.

Should be interesting at the OIC.

Posted by mhw 2008-03-11 18:18|| 2008-03-11 18:18|| Front Page Top

#6 An modern Ismaili is marginally better but their hands are hardly clean. The majority of Ismailis were from the Assassin sect until that unfortunate incident with the Mongols.

Posted by ed 2008-03-11 18:26|| 2008-03-11 18:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Rice said Islam is an important part of the American fabric of life. "Our growing Muslim population is a great and welcome addition to our country,"

Obviously an appointed position.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-03-11 18:34|| 2008-03-11 18:34|| Front Page Top

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