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Magic Moments with the Mutaween
National Review Corner ^ | 5 April 2011 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 04/05/2011 7:30:13 PM PDT by JLS

One of the reasons why I’m not in favor of Lindsey Graham–style appeasement is because many of the fellows we’re trying to stay on the right side of are, not to put too fine a point on it, nuts. They’re several suras short of a Koran. And attempting to appease loons is an even more forlorn enterprise than attempting to appease the merely evil. Take, for example, our friends the Saudis. It’s a wealthy and influential nation. These aren’t your illiterate Pushtun goatherds. Look at the picture accompanying this fairly typical news story in today’s Arab News: State-of-the-art office chairs, and a flat-screen TV. And then read the text:

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: appeasement; islam; lindseygraham; marksteyn; saudiarabia
Mark Steyn further comments on futility of what he calls Lindsey Graham–style appeasement.
1 posted on 04/05/2011 7:30:17 PM PDT by JLS
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To: TheOldLady; Rummyfan; Howlin; riley1992; Miss Marple; Dane; sinkspur; steve; kattracks; ...

Mark Steyn ping.

Freepmail me, if you want on or off the Mark Steyn ping list.


2 posted on 04/05/2011 7:32:00 PM PDT by JLS (Democrats: People who won't even let you enjoy an unseasonably warm winter day.)
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To: JLS

Steyn Bump.

Only authorized Quarranic healers allowed.


3 posted on 04/05/2011 7:37:04 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: JLS
The case is becoming increasingly clear.

Lindsay Graham simply does not have enough sense to be a U.S. Senator.

And that's a sllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww track.

4 posted on 04/05/2011 7:45:29 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: tet68
Only authorized Quarranic healers allowed.

I'm mostly a kinetic healer with some Quarranic overtones. Is that allowed?

5 posted on 04/05/2011 7:50:09 PM PDT by upchuck (Think you know hardship? Wait till the dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency.)
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To: JLS

Mark gets it right.


6 posted on 04/05/2011 7:54:44 PM PDT by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it's the new black. Mmm mmm mmm...)
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To: JLS

I guess this is the Islamic answer to America’s 17th century Salem witch trials?

I’d believe it, though, that a lot of “magic” comes from the African continent, and its practitioners would be largely black skinned.


7 posted on 04/05/2011 8:00:56 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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Karzai started this to ‘teach US a lesson.’ Maybe his US paid guards need to show up a few minutes late one day


8 posted on 04/05/2011 8:19:49 PM PDT by mewykwistmas (We can either have a free market economy or socialism, TARPers, GM and GE can't have it both ways.)
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To: JLS

“That old black magic has me in its spell”...


9 posted on 04/05/2011 9:09:31 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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So now they are against chocolate? I grew up on this stuff.

10 posted on 04/05/2011 9:26:23 PM PDT by xp38
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You guys might like this "black magic" story from Malaysia - the word "bomoh" is Malay for a witchdoctor.

Tenesmus of the Titans - True Texas Bomoh Stories

and the latest

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

11 posted on 04/05/2011 10:53:04 PM PDT by expatguy (Support "An American Expat in Southeast Asia" - DONATE)
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That's a very funny story!

Do you think we should buy a large bottle of that special Indian medicine man powder for the good Sen. Graham?

I can't think of anything else that might help the poor fellow!

12 posted on 04/06/2011 8:28:02 AM PDT by Gritty (Attempting to appease loons is an even more forlorn enterprise than appeasing the evil-Mark Steyn)
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To: JLS

Not allowed in Saudi Arabia . . .

13 posted on 04/06/2011 12:02:11 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Gritty

Glad you enjoyed it FRiend !


14 posted on 04/06/2011 10:20:14 PM PDT by expatguy (Support "An American Expat in Southeast Asia" - DONATE)
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15 posted on 04/06/2011 10:26:51 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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