Not if they are the enemy of your enemy, and advancing them gives you prestige against your immediate neighbors - no.
You won't see them promoting Sunni groups in the near-Gulf - on the Iraqi side of the border, for instance.
Ultimately, the differences between Shii'a and Sunni are historical and political in nature. They are closer to eachother in theology and doctrine than Catholics and Baptists. These historical and local differences are exploited for political manipulation.
Unless you live in one of these contested communities, there is no injunction agains Sunni and Shii'a praying along side one another, keeping the same fast and festival, and attending Jumm'eh prayer at the same Masjid (mosque).
They both have a history of oppressing our older, indo-aryan faith. Still, we understand the muslims better than most of today's "experts", and can still admire the central profession of absolute devine unity...
Your indication of the NYT changing emphasis and spin - not core content is insightful. I'd wager that the spin is that which suits Israel - nt the US. It's typically the way for the "Grey Lady'. She's a classmate of Kirkpatrick and Allbright.
Billmon suggests the Cheneyburton Corporation wants Total War in Iraq. Read what Bernhard's barflies think about that here. This is doubtless the reason the Joint Chiefs are pissed: when you go to War, you need an objective endpoint, and a pogrom is not an endpoint.
Yeah. I think that what I was supporting with my comment, too.
When I refered to SYN, I wasn't talking about flooding. I meant INITIATING outbound, any non-whitelist TCP traffic. Most perimeter firewalls are set up to block non-whitelist incoming, and that's a comfort.
I don't want an admin deciding to touch unknown web or FTP destinations from a trusted host, etc. Outbound firewalls are good here. I have some other cases, but with Windows servers, it's good not to let the Admins get into a habit of reading their email or browsing the PDF documentation on the server console.:-)
When regarding the individual general-purpose, desktop computer, outbound filtering is of dubious value. Malware can "hook" IE or FF, and successfully masquerade themselves as regular browser traffic.
Outbound filters do tell the user "You've been PWN3D!!!" Just a little too little, a little too late.
Anybody who has tried to clean the latest set of nasties off an OS will agree with the conclusion that is almost impossibe. Even simple adware is using rootkit-style technques to embed itself, and regenerates its activity from the smallest stub.
You need to keep this malware off the desktop. Once it is on, the damage has already been done.
Outbound filtering is for Servers - to prevent arbitrary SYN to any unauthorized locatons. This should be reinforced with edge firewalls and router ACLs.
Led by China, they don't want their "path to prosperity" cut off by the big 5 or 6, who already burned the carbon, and will maintain another era of dominance.
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Not if they are the enemy of your enemy, and advancing them gives you prestige against your immediate neighbors - no.
You won't see them promoting Sunni groups in the near-Gulf - on the Iraqi side of the border, for instance.
Ultimately, the differences between Shii'a and Sunni are historical and political in nature. They are closer to eachother in theology and doctrine than Catholics and Baptists. These historical and local differences are exploited for political manipulation.
Unless you live in one of these contested communities, there is no injunction agains Sunni and Shii'a praying along side one another, keeping the same fast and festival, and attending Jumm'eh prayer at the same Masjid (mosque).
They both have a history of oppressing our older, indo-aryan faith. Still, we understand the muslims better than most of today's "experts", and can still admire the central profession of absolute devine unity...
I agree.
Your indication of the NYT changing emphasis and spin - not core content is insightful. I'd wager that the spin is that which suits Israel - nt the US. It's typically the way for the "Grey Lady'. She's a classmate of Kirkpatrick and Allbright.
Don't use absurd reductions to rebut salient observations!
Hamas doesn't share a border, with Iran and are antagonists to Israel - which is a barrier to Iran's regional aspirations.
He basically tells C-Span what Dear Leader didn't want published in the New York Times.
Apparently the CIA had okayed it, but Bu$hCo didn't want that sucker out.
This boils down to
- the previous reports of Iran offering to negotiate a comprehensive deal for peace in the Middle East, and,
- The dialog that Iran had with the USA right after 9-11 and the lead up to Afghanistan.
Remember, the Iranians are Shiite, the Taliban are Wahhabi Sunni. Basically the Iranians don't like them, either.The conclusions of the Op-Ed were that we're being lied to in order for Dear Leader and Big Time Dick to get this war on again with Iran.
On You Tube here. [Thanks to Uncle $cam]
Billmon suggests the Cheneyburton Corporation wants Total War in Iraq. Read what Bernhard's barflies think about that here. This is doubtless the reason the Joint Chiefs are pissed: when you go to War, you need an objective endpoint, and a pogrom is not an endpoint.
9:07 PM
To spot a dupe.
Yeah. I think that what I was supporting with my comment, too.
:-)
When I refered to SYN, I wasn't talking about flooding. I meant INITIATING outbound, any non-whitelist TCP traffic. Most perimeter firewalls are set up to block non-whitelist incoming, and that's a comfort.
I don't want an admin deciding to touch unknown web or FTP destinations from a trusted host, etc. Outbound firewalls are good here. I have some other cases, but with Windows servers, it's good not to let the Admins get into a habit of reading their email or browsing the PDF documentation on the server console.
Hunters blind you!
Looks to me lik esomebody wants to "tip the scales" on the Darwin Award nomination committee, this year.
Peppered in the face? Dick Cheney brand seasoning!
When regarding the individual general-purpose, desktop computer, outbound filtering is of dubious value. Malware can "hook" IE or FF, and successfully masquerade themselves as regular browser traffic.
Outbound filters do tell the user "You've been PWN3D!!!" Just a little too little, a little too late.
Anybody who has tried to clean the latest set of nasties off an OS will agree with the conclusion that is almost impossibe. Even simple adware is using rootkit-style technques to embed itself, and regenerates its activity from the smallest stub.
You need to keep this malware off the desktop. Once it is on, the damage has already been done.
Outbound filtering is for Servers - to prevent arbitrary SYN to any unauthorized locatons. This should be reinforced with edge firewalls and router ACLs.
Forgive me if I seem a bit obtuse. Why would I want to mark my benches with mice?
The furniture has already been marked, by the landlady's Siamese.
Led by China, they don't want their "path to prosperity" cut off by the big 5 or 6, who already burned the carbon, and will maintain another era of dominance.
Yeah. It's not exactly something in the forefront of my mind, as I type out my wisecracks!
You still must be class of '98...
Why, thank you, sir. I admire your oonerspism!
Taco is UID 1...
I signed up the same day, 'tho'.
Yeah. They LOVE the choking part.
In Mysterious Future, Vista Activation Spoofs You!
Sure. I'd be a moron to dispute that.
But ostensibly "normal" family relationships? What a screwed up culture that places this in the spectrum of accepable behaviors.
Well, you are paid for your WORK, not your 'love!'
;-)
That's prostitution...
Nothing says "I don't really love you", like abandoning you time with the kids for a quick message to the marketing department.
That comment was pure Web 4.0. The oblique referential web.
I said who put all the things in your head
Things that make me feel that I'm mad
And you're making me feel like I've never been born
She said you don't understand what I said
I said no, no, no you're wrong
When I was a boy, everything was right
Everything was right
I said even though you know what you know
I know that I'm ready to leave
'Cause you're making me feel like I've never been born
Only 15 seconds? You youngsters!
"The buckshot stops here!"