Posted on 06/09/2008 11:40:19 AM PDT by hoagy62
Egyptian actor Omar Sharif — best known for his film roles in Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago — reportedly blasted U.S. policy in Iraq and said Americans are ignorant.
According to The Middle East Media Research Institute, Sharif said the "East" will never have a democracy because people like him "prefer to go to the neighborhood sheik." MEMRI —a Middle Eastern press monitoring organization — posted an interview of Sharif that aired on the Al-Hayat TV network.
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Famous quotes:
“Man will never fly”
“The earth is flat”
“The sun revolves around the earth”
“Pelosi is an intelligent woman”
gee none of these ended up being true. */scarasm
Remember, Iraqis are not Arabs. They are Persians...
Um, you mean Iranians are Persians.
Iraqis are indeed Arabs.
:-) Loved that movie!
LLS
I never said they were. It's the muslims who have the biggest problem with democracy. They didn't even have a word for it until just over 100 years ago.
sharif is a pos racist.
LLS
There is a very thin veneer between civilization and barbarism. Arabs are no different from the rest of us in this regard. You show me Egypt, I will show you Dubai.
I've often been told that the Chinese are incapable of even the most modest forms of republican government. The evolution of Taiwan from dictatorship to one of the most democratic society in Asia alone proves this to be wrong.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed”
Every time some CommieLib(TM) bubble head claims some group cannot follow our style of government, we just need to ask them what part of the Declaration of Independence do you not understand ???
Of course the Mideast will never be democratized. As long as it is run by muslims they never will have a legitimate government since they believe government to be evil.
I thought Iraqis were, as well. Babylon was a Persian city wasn’t it??? I know Iranians are. Whew! Must have had a senior moment.
“Sherif Ali! So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people - greedy, barbarous, and cruel, as you are.”
Has been actor.
If you don’t like it here go home.
What about Tunisia? Lebanon functioned as a parlimentary democracy for years until the civil war. Although not Arab, Turkey is functioning democracy, that 80 years ago no one would have thought possible. Neither Japan nor Germany would have been considered candidates for democracy 70 or so years ago, or Italy, either, for that matter.
I agree. Democracy implies a civil legitimacy, and one of the central problems in Islam is establishing political legitimacy.
Then I suggest we neutralize Iran by whatever means necessary, then take the duplicitous Saudi-Wahabbi regime apart and turn it into an American oil colony.
Why vacation in some hell hole of a country in another part of the world when we have the most beautiful country on earth?
Very interesting thread. Thanks to all contributors. BTTT!
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