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2003-12-21 Arabia

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Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-21 1:10:17 AM|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Maybe using 'chutzpah' is code for 'jewish conspiracy'?

Oy vey.

Posted by 4thInfVet 2003-12-21 1:22:47 AM|| 2003-12-21 1:22:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe Prince Bandar is farblunjet and thinks chutzpah is an English word. I'm a goy. Wife is not.

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-21 1:41:41 AM|| 2003-12-21 1:41:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Chutzpah or not, he's still a schmuck.

Posted by Crescend 2003-12-21 6:31:29 AM|| 2003-12-21 6:31:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Happy Chanukkah Prince Bandar! heh heh

Posted by Frank G 2003-12-21 7:29:54 AM|| 2003-12-21 7:29:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I suspect this is part of Bandar's PR campaign in the US. And, if he is indeed as arrogant a racist as some Arab leaders, he may have intended it also as an insult ....

I'm getting cynical in my middle age.

Posted by rkb 2003-12-21 10:53:02 AM|| 2003-12-21 10:53:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Since the Iraqi WMD threat basically turned out to be a fairy tale, I've been wondering what's the real reason war was chosen this year.

I suspect that it comes down to the Saudis wanting us out and there being no way in hell we were going to allow Saddam to declare victory by outlasting us.

Posted by Hiryu 2003-12-21 2:09:52 PM|| 2003-12-21 2:09:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Since the Iraqi WMD threat basically turned out to be a fairy tale, I've been wondering what's the real reason war was chosen this year.

The real reason was to scare Muslim leaders out of their hobby of financing or providing logistical support for anti-American terror groups (through the device of setting up limited liability corporations - aka terror groups - that provide plausible deniability). Are we scaring them yet? We'll see - I suspect it's not over yet, and could end in the flattening of a Muslim country after a devastating nuclear attack on US soil.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-12-21 4:41:53 PM|| 2003-12-21 4:41:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Since the Iraqi WMD threat basically turned out to be a fairy tale, I've been wondering what's the real reason war was chosen this year.

The fairy tale is the idea that waiting until the WMD's are finished before attacking is a good one - that's an invitation for mass casualties. The time to go on the offensive is before they're finished - otherwise, we get the kind of Mexican standoff we have with North Korea.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-12-21 4:45:35 PM|| 2003-12-21 4:45:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 (through the device of setting up limited liability corporations - aka terror groups - that provide plausible deniability).

Is that yours ZF? A unique way of looking at a terrorist org. I like it. Just like a corp. the owners don't get(overly) burnt in the case of a fiasco.

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-21 5:02:56 PM|| 2003-12-21 5:02:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Maybe he's converted? Someone check the synagogues in the Washington area...

Posted by snellenr 2003-12-21 6:38:54 PM|| 2003-12-21 6:38:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Is that yours ZF? A unique way of looking at a terrorist org.

Terrorists are just the proxy armies of the Muslim world. The beauty of these armies is that like interest groups, they support particular causes without drawing fire to the patrons who fund these causes. (I should say they used not to attract attention to their patrons - after 9/11, the game has changed, which is why Muslim leaders are crying persecution - their hobby is now hazardous to their continued hold on power, courtesy of Uncle Sam).

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-12-21 6:52:22 PM|| 2003-12-21 6:52:22 PM|| Front Page Top

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