Arab world in turmoil

news.com.au ^ | April 7, 2003 | AP

[laz17]

Yes! That "Minister of Wishful Thinking" has to one of Geraldo's best lines..ever!

He also said the minister's beret was on too tight. LOL

[monocle]

How long have the Arabs been denying that Israel exists?

[pepsi_junkie]

The funny pary is that if/when we convert Iraq into a prosperous, free country with a high standard of living for it's ordinary citizens who for the first time have a stake in their own government, even when Iraq becomes like an oasis in that desert of dictatorships that we call the Middle East, the arab world will hate us for it. They will be mad that we havent given them all of that, they will say we reward our lapdog slaves in Iraq and let the arabs who stand up to them suffer. The no win scenario is upon us, and has been for decades with those people.

[Charles Henrickson]

Do they make these things out of tin foil?

[Pete'sWife]

If they think this is bad, wait'll they get a load of representative government and free enterprise.

[SquirrelKing]

"But if this is true, it's quite frustrating," he added. "We had hoped Saddam would inflict as many casualties on the invaders as possible to teach them a lesson and make them think twice before striking another Arab country."

Oops. Instead it turned into a lesson about what happens when arabs strike our country.

[biblewonk]

"We had hoped Saddam would inflict as many casualties on the invaders as possible to teach them a lesson and make them think twice before striking another Arab country."

This sentence is propaganda. It makes it sound like we just throw a dart at the map and attack that Arab country next.

[boris]

"Arab world in turmoil"

Koyaanisqatsi:
(1) Life in turmoil
(2) Life disintegrating
(3) Crazy life
(4) Life out of balance
(5) A way of life that calls for a different way of life

[eleni121]

Is the mass psychosis that these people experience due to their Arabness or their Muslimness?

I think the latter...in that followers of the islamic cult immerse themselves completely in a lie kind of like what the Communists experience. All phenomena must be explained in terms of an overarching, all encompassing lie.

[majordivit]

"How can we know this is for real and not just coalition propaganda?" al-Bawardi, 30, said.

That's easy. Book a flight to Baghdad via Saddam intl Airport..er..i mean Baghdad airport.. :)

[Jim Noble]

Please do. In a battle between an Abrams Tank and a rag head with a pipe bomb strapped to his belly, I like the Abrams' odds. We could solve two problems at once here.

THREE problems.

United and American Airlines are going bankrupt. RATs say, "Bush doesn't care about the economy".

1) Get Saudi Arabia to charter the entire UA and AA fleet.

2) Fly to Cairo, Amman, Damascus, Lahore, Qetta, Islamabad, Karachi-pick up all wannabe jihadis and fly them to Baghdad International Airport.

3) Introduce them to Task Force Ironhorse and the II Marine Expeditionary Force.

Problem(s) solved.

[FreedomPoster]

2003-1949= about 54 years.

I know it was a rhetorical question, but I'm an engineer. ;-)

[Grampa Dave]

[RWG]

join other Arabs who have gone into Iraq for jihad, or holy war, alongside Iraqis. The Lawyers' Syndicate began filling up with volunteers shortly after the news was broadcast...2 for 1, dead lawyers and dead muslims.

[newgeezer]

It makes it sound like we just throw a dart at the map and attack that Arab country next.

That would still be a vast improvement over Clinton-era foreign policy.

[D.P.Roberts]

Living in a moron's paradise, but still dangerous. Sterilize this meme from the planet.

[RobRoy]

>>...wondering whether Saddam had been bluffing when he promised to slaughter the American troops at the gates of Baghdad. <<

Well, DUH!

[RobRoy]

>>"But if this is true, it's quite frustrating," he added. "We had hoped Saddam would inflict as many casualties on the invaders as possible to teach them a lesson and make them think twice before striking another Arab country." <<

Which is EXACTLY why it was IMPERATIVE that we did this as quickly as possible.

[RobRoy]

We are presenting these LIVE pictures from "Baghdad," the same studio from which we brought you the moon landings.

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