As a matter of fact, the immediate goals of radical islam are to take over control of the arab nations, by destroying the pro-west and secular governments.
You are totally right! I can tell you for certain that, if transparent elections were to be held in any Arab country, the radical would win with a large margin. Proof of that can be easily obtained if you look at what happened in Iran, Algeria (where because the results were voided because the islamists won, thousands of people died in the civil war), Palestine and Lebanon. All other Arab governments are dictatorships (I know, I spent all my life in one of them).
Israeli's violence reached new peaks and the U.S. is so openly supportive of it. This opens a new chapter in history, as never before, has American arrogance reached these heights. This pushes the Islamists to respond in the only way they can, since they are kept away from the political life (directly or indirectly).
What's happening now in the M.E. is bound to radicalize the whole Arab population!
Getting into the whole debate about how many people died in Lebanon is as shameful as the people revising the death toll of the holocaust. They're innocent victims, for heaven's sake!
I urge anyone interested in broadening their vision of the conflict to check out this well-documented resource compiled by the "Jews for justice" organisation http://www.ifamericansknew.org/history/origin.html
I don't believe Iran wants peace, especially not after what their president said about Israel and all jews.
That's been the Iranian standpoint ever since 1979. Only nobody cared at the time, since Iran was a buffer against Soviet penetration into the region
From Wikipedia:
It was Ayatollah Khomeini who first declared Israel as an "enemy of Islam" during the second Pahlavi period in his campaign against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who supported Israel.
After the second phase of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which witnessed the establishment of the Islamic Republic, Iran withdrew its recognition of the state of Israel and cut off all official relations.
Though being an Arab Muslim, I must - in fairness - say that your caricatures had a point. Hizbollah are barbarians, there's no denying that. Yet, they seem to be the only ones who give a damn about the fate of the Palestinian people. The way Israel acted, is almost certaintly just going to enforce Hizbollah's grip on Lebanon and bolster any Islamic fundamentalism out there. Now, if Syria or/and Iran decide getting into the conflict (which is in my opinion exactly what the US is waiting for), then the whole thing is assured to blow out in a conflict of epic proportions. Israeli's and the US' elite will greatly benefit from such a situation
I leave you with a small clip from Dr. Chomsky that may enlighten you about how the whole conflict started http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKq38COoTG8&mode=re lated&search=
Nope! You got it wrong.
Israel didn't just "grow up" and withdrew. It's just a matter of balancing the costs and benefits.
You may wanna read this interview (from 2000) to get a feel of what was really happening. http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?Sectio nID=22&ItemID=10656
Personnaly, I've always been pro-american until 9/11. That's when I started asking questions about why would educated people blow themselves up. Sorry to put it this way folks, but there's no smoke without fire.
Indeed! http://xavierphoto.free.fr/droits.php
What's funny though, is that according to the articles 9 and 1382 of the French civil code, you could get sued for publishing the image of a building/property if it the image tempted tourists or thieves to visit it.
If this does not mitigate your feelings, then you're as blind as the Israeli consul general in New York who said last week that "most Lebanese appreciate what we are doing".
While the experiment in itself deserves a hat off, what he concluded isn't really a surprise.
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In the same spirit, tie a string to a spoon (with the spoon being at the middle of the string). Then, hold both ends of the string onto both ears and kick the spoon against a table. Church bells!
Nothing new here. Banks are under pressure from the US to prevent the democratically elected government of Palestine from getting vital foreign aid money. http://mondediplo.com/2006/06/03hamas/
While supporting HP scanners, most people calling were trying to scan with a powered off machine (their low end machines don't even have LEDs to tell if they're on)
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Israeli's violence reached new peaks and the U.S. is so openly supportive of it. This opens a new chapter in history, as never before, has American arrogance reached these heights. This pushes the Islamists to respond in the only way they can, since they are kept away from the political life (directly or indirectly).
What's happening now in the M.E. is bound to radicalize the whole Arab population!
In Soviet Russia, the machine patches YOU!
Getting into the whole debate about how many people died in Lebanon is as shameful as the people revising the death toll of the holocaust. They're innocent victims, for heaven's sake!l
I urge anyone interested in broadening their vision of the conflict to check out this well-documented resource compiled by the "Jews for justice" organisation http://www.ifamericansknew.org/history/origin.htm
Thought I should share this piece by a British journalist living in Israel. http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?Sectio nID=107&ItemID=10711
Cool! I'll go get me a nano now that I know how to fix scratches.
Anyone noticed the devil's been around a few weeks ago on June, 6th?
From Wikipedia: It was Ayatollah Khomeini who first declared Israel as an "enemy of Islam" during the second Pahlavi period in his campaign against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who supported Israel.
After the second phase of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which witnessed the establishment of the Islamic Republic, Iran withdrew its recognition of the state of Israel and cut off all official relations.
Though being an Arab Muslim, I must - in fairness - say that your caricatures had a point. Hizbollah are barbarians, there's no denying that. Yet, they seem to be the only ones who give a damn about the fate of the Palestinian people. The way Israel acted, is almost certaintly just going to enforce Hizbollah's grip on Lebanon and bolster any Islamic fundamentalism out there. Now, if Syria or/and Iran decide getting into the conflict (which is in my opinion exactly what the US is waiting for), then the whole thing is assured to blow out in a conflict of epic proportions. Israeli's and the US' elite will greatly benefit from such a situatione lated&search=
I leave you with a small clip from Dr. Chomsky that may enlighten you about how the whole conflict started http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKq38COoTG8&mode=r
Personnaly, I've always been pro-american until 9/11. That's when I started asking questions about why would educated people blow themselves up.
Sorry to put it this way folks, but there's no smoke without fire.
Indeed! http://xavierphoto.free.fr/droits.php
What's funny though, is that according to the articles 9 and 1382 of the French civil code, you could get sued for publishing the image of a building/property if it the image tempted tourists or thieves to visit it.
You are clearly buying all that's being sold to you by the mainstream media. I won't get into arguments with you, but rather urge you to read the following piece: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=vie wArticle&code=COO20060720&articleId=2767
If this does not mitigate your feelings, then you're as blind as the Israeli consul general in New York who said last week that "most Lebanese appreciate what we are doing".
Or in the words of Ani DiFranco: "Capitalism is the devil's wet dream".
You may now activate the patriotic fiber and mod me down.
Duh!
neither does Apple!
I wished all my favorite shows' torrents were slashdotted in that way.
Nice and all, but does it run Linux.
On a more serious note, I wonder if how many people out there already tried Ubuntu on it.
In the same spirit, tie a string to a spoon (with the spoon being at the middle of the string). Then, hold both ends of the string onto both ears and kick the spoon against a table. Church bells!
We'll probably survive, allright, but the survivors may wish they were dead as it's getting worse by the day.
How about Iraq? Did you even care what the others had to say? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legitimacy_of_the_20
And the evidence of the pro-Israeli lobby grip on the US government? http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/Research/wpaper.nsf/
On the other hand, kudos to the American media for keeping even the smart and educated ones out of touch with the real world.
And that name is there to stay at the top. Islam's often cited as the fastest growing religion in the world. http://www.religioustolerance.org/growth_isl_chr.h tm/
Monotheists are upgrading slowly but surely.
Nothing new here. Banks are under pressure from the US to prevent the democratically elected government of Palestine from getting vital foreign aid money. http://mondediplo.com/2006/06/03hamas/
While supporting HP scanners, most people calling were trying to scan with a powered off machine (their low end machines don't even have LEDs to tell if they're on)