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| 2005-11-04 |
| EFL Testifying before a U.S. Senate committee this week, Newt Gingrich â a historian before he entered politics â said that Ahmadinejad's threat âcalls to mind the reported response of a Holocaust survivor. When asked what lesson he had drawn from the experience, he answered, âWhen someone tells you he wants to kill you -- believe him.'" Little commented on has been the section of Ahmadinejad's speech where he put his threats against Israel into broader perspective, into the context of a long war between what he sees as rival civilizations. âWe are in the process of a historical war between the World of Arrogance [i.e. the West] and the Islamic world, and this war has been going on for hundreds of years,â he said. "'In this historical war, the situation at the fronts has changed many times. During some periods, the Muslims were the victors and were very active, and looked forward, and the World of Arrogance was in retreat. "'Unfortunately, in the past 300 years, the Islamic world has been in retreat vis-a-vis the World of Arrogance.â That will change, Ahmadinejad promised. He said that when people ask him if it is really âpossible for us to witness a world without America and Zionism?â he replies: â[Y]ou had best know that this slogan and this goal are attainable, and surely can be achieved.â There is every reason to believe him and other Islamist Fascists. There is every reason, this time around, to do whatever it takes to stop them. |
| Posted by:Ebbirt Clinelet5234 |
| #3 ...part of it is also rooted in the deluded notion among Foggy Bottom types... At the root of the problem is that Foggy Bottom doesn't work for the US or its government. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-11-04 11:52 |
| #2 #1 Arrogance (lol) vs Barbarism. Okay, you're on Ahmedjihadi, we'll vis-a-vis your collective Islamic ass permanently, this time. Enjoy 2005, Mr President, it'll be your last. I hope you're right, but there still seems to be a curious passivity toward the mullahacrocy in our elite circles. Part of it is no doubt rooted in the challenges that Iran presents, but part of it is also rooted in the deluded notion among Foggy Bottom types that we have a modus vivendi with Iran re: the Shi'ite parts of Iraq. Obviously the mullahs will only "work with us" as long as it is in their self-perceived interest to do so. The question is: will we recognize that things aren't as nuanced as we'd like to believe, and that we need to get the machinery in motion for the confrontation with this regime? I hope that we don't continue to be too clever by half with these clowns, because that's usually when we get in trouble. |
| Posted by: dushan 2005-11-04 11:40 |
| #1 Arrogance (lol) vs Barbarism. Okay, you're on Ahmedjihadi, we'll vis-a-vis your collective Islamic ass permanently, this time. Enjoy 2005, Mr President, it'll be your last. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-11-04 09:20 |