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2008-07-15 Home Front: WoT

Hitchens: Stop pitting Iraq against Afghanistan

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Posted by ryuge 2008-07-15 05:54|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 world's oldest and most intractable quarrels is settled

Hitchens is suggesting the problem is one of religion. Some Morrocans I worked with (1978) insisted the problem was not religion, but land - noting "Arabs and Jews had lived together for a thousand years." I see their point, tax and all.

So when the Jooos left Gaza, that wasn't a step in the right direction?

Posted by Bobby 2008-07-15 06:49|| 2008-07-15 06:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Hitchens being intelligent again. Good to see.

Posted by Menhaden S 2008-07-15 08:07|| 2008-07-15 08:07|| Front Page Top

#3 The problem in the Israeli theater is religion. It was land and power under Arafat but the religion became radicalized and Hamas the main antagonist now.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-07-15 13:18|| 2008-07-15 13:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Arabs and Jews have lived together for a long time - as long as the Jews were in a submissive condition, ghettoized low-caste perpetual victims to the Arabs, and the pre-designated targets whenever anyone needed to blow off steam.

Interestingly this underdog position was probably the most extreme in Morrocco, which had by far the largest Jewish population.

For a view of the Jewish condition in Morrocco under Arab rule, I recommend Douglas Porch - "The Conquest of Morrocco". This is not specifically about the Jewish condition, but well worth a read anyway.

Posted by buwaya 2008-07-15 15:01|| 2008-07-15 15:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Hitchens talked down to people when he was a leftist. He still does that, as a rightist. On a personal level, I can't stand him.

Posted by One Eyed Chock4384 2008-07-15 16:05|| 2008-07-15 16:05|| Front Page Top

#6 "But now deceased ABU MUSAB AL-ZARQAWI" > IMO thats should be ALLEGEDLY DEAD/DECEASED Zark, as that MSM photos of Zarkey are NOT the same personage + no death pic. I'M PERSONALLY NOT CONVINCED ZARKEY IS ACTUALLY DEAD DESPITE CONTIN MSM-NET REPORTS TO THE CONTRARY.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-07-15 18:32|| 2008-07-15 18:32|| Front Page Top

#7 The liberal mindset just doesn't seem to grasp the world wide nature of the war on terrorism. A very dangerous naivette.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-07-15 19:26|| 2008-07-15 19:26|| Front Page Top

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