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| Soddies bitch about Christian fundamentalism... |
| 2002-08-08 |
| The Saudi press has launched a vitriolic attack on what it describes as Christian fundamentalism in the United States. Pass the snakes, Edgar. This should be good... One newspaper, al-Watan, said Christian fundamentalism was no less dangerous to international peace and security than other forms of religious extremism. Damn' Christians are blowing up all over the place, ain't they? The newspapers were responding to reports of a Pentagon briefing during which Saudi Arabia was described as the kernel of evil in the Middle East. Despite the official statements from Washington and Riyadh You mean as intolerant, back-stabbing, perfidious bankrollers of international terrorism? Or as the Learned Elders of Islam, pushing an agenda of world domination and the subversion of entire civilizations? The prime suspect, Osama Bin Laden, is a Saudi dissident, and so were most of the hijackers. Lest we forget... One newspaper, Watani, said the international media had concentrated only on Muslim fundamentalism, forgetting that Christian fundamentalism was just as dangerous. Hmmm... Never thought of that... I see the light! The Dark Ages are over! Lessee, there are Christian nut cases in Northern Ireland, and in Uganda/Sudan, and in... ummmm... The paper said the influence of Christian extremists in America had increased since the attacks on New York and the Pentagon last year. Oh, yeah. That's right. They're crawlin' all over the USA. Can't go to the bathroom anymore without some Lutheran taking a shot at you. And those Episcopalian car bombs are intolerable. We won't even talk about those United Methodists... The paper said Christian fundamentalism in the US was particularly dangerous because it was capable of influencing American foreign policy to further its own interests which, the paper added, were identical with Israeli interests in the Middle East. That's correct. We do base our policies too much on Christian principles. This "turn the other cheek" thing — to me, that's a clear case of our national policy being Another newspaper, The Saudi Gazette, said Christian fundamentalists in the US were raising what it described as "dust of hatred" about Saudi Arabia, and it called on President Bush to rein in elements whose agenda was to initiate a clash of civilizations. Those daggone Presbyterians (or however the hell you spell it) have been yearning for a clash for years now. We gotta rein 'em in, just like the Soddies are reining in the wahhabis... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |