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2008-04-14 Arabia

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Posted by Mike 2008-04-14 08:22|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 I dunno, at best it looks more to me like an Iraqi spring than anything more general. Dont get me wrong, if we get an Iraqi spring, that will be very good, and I for one wont attack people who call it victory. But I think the bloodshed has reduced the appeal of Iraq as a model elswhere in the region, and also I think the region outside Iraq wasnt as ripe for democracy as some of us thought in 2002. So I think the moment for the reverse domino effect has passed, sadly.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-04-14 09:47|| 2008-04-14 09:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Abd-allah, slave to allah. That is the defining aspect of a Muslim's wretched life. To that mortal enemy, freedom means: rebellion against their nominal deity. Communism, Fascism, Ultramontain Catholicism, Militarism, was shaken by fanatic believers; Islamic dictatorship is like breathing to those savages.

Repatriate sovereignty over OUR oil properties in the Middle East, and send the locals back to their vulgar desert existence. That is their fate.

Posted by McZoid 2008-04-14 12:01|| 2008-04-14 12:01|| Front Page Top

#3 You got my vote McZoid.

Posted by jds 2008-04-14 12:25|| 2008-04-14 12:25|| Front Page Top

#4 So I think the moment for the reverse domino effect has passed, sadly.

Oh, agreed. Then again, the US has never had the patience, or the consensus.

Posted by Pappy 2008-04-14 16:58|| 2008-04-14 16:58|| Front Page Top

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