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| The Muslim Allies of the US in the War On Terror are laughing ....uncontrollably. |
| 2011-06-30 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 Apples and oranges, Lord Vader. Russians, for all their faults, understand reciprocity. Let's see - we forgave them the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact that opened the way for the Nazi invasion of Western Europe and sent huge amounts of materials that Khrushchev acknowledged were vital to the Soviet war effort. The Soviets repaid us by waging war against us by proxy - in Korea and Vietnam - resulting in the deaths of 100,000 Americans. Note that the PLO and sundry other terrorist groups were trained in the Soviet Union, and much of the black propaganda (the alleged CIA-AIDS connection, et al) used by al Qaeda and other enemies of the US was developed by Soviet disinformation units. The Russian understanding of reciprocity is that we give and they accommodate us by taking. The Islamist threat is nothing like the Soviet threat, which was larger by a couple orders of magnitude. The Soviets could have killed hundreds of thousands of Americans by detonating a single nuke. Al Qaeda's greatest hit - accomplished with three weapons - was 3000 dead, compared to the 100K dead inflicted by the Soviets. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2011-06-30 19:48 |
| #6 Apples and oranges, Lord Vader. Russians, for all their faults, understand reciprocity. Indeed MAD was built on it. As you would know. |
| Posted by: S 2011-06-30 18:55 |
| #5 Apples and oranges, Lord Vader. Russians, for all their faults, understand reciprocity. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-06-30 15:41 |
| #4 I believe we have Muslim allies in the same way we had Soviet allies in WWII. It is only a marriage of convenience. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-06-30 15:27 |
| #3 Some people just don't seem to be able to grasp that "Muslim ally" is an oxymoron. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-06-30 14:41 |
| #2 A bit of hyperbole there in the title, but then again that seems to be the blogger's motus operandi. I wouldn't call it 'laughing' - certainly not laughing uncontrollably. The idea that it's a result of being a 'dhimmi' (to use an overworked and often-misapplied term) is ludicrous. What I see is are overtures to Iran, who they view as becoming the 'strong horse' soon. JohnQC pretty much nailed the reason why. We also have a pretty crappy record of supporting allies over the past fifty years, especially when it comes to a certain political party. Add in the Saudis becoming rather preoccupied with their own neighborhood (no small thanks to Iran), and it isn't hard to see why the 'allies' are doing what they're doing. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-06-30 12:29 |
| #1 I doubt they are laughing at our military. They might be laughing at some of the clowns running Washington. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-06-30 09:53 |