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"A poll conducted by a state-owned company in Tehran in February revealed that 70 per cent of Iranians had a favourable view of the US (which is thus more popular in Iran than in Britain, let alone in France and Germany)."






Syrian nukes video


"Islamic governments have never and will never be established through peaceful solutions and and cooperative councils. They are established as they [always] have been. By pen and gun, by word and bullet, by tongue and teeth. ...These young men realized that an Islamic government would never be established except by the bomb and rifle. Islam does not coincide or make a truce with unbelief, but rather confronts it. The confrontation that Islam calls for...does not know Socratic debates, Platonic ideals, nor Aristotelian diplomacy. But it knows the dialog of bullets, the ideals of assassination, bombing, and destruction, and the diplomacy of the cannon and machine gun." --From the al-Qaida terrorist manual

Good luck talking with these guys, Obama



This Iraqi is smarter than half of America (Explains support for war)


Quotes:

"Don't let school get in the way of your education" --Mark Twain
"Your scientists are so preoccupied with the fact that they can that they don't stop and think if they should" --Dr. Malcolm, Jurassic Park
"Truth is not determined by a majority vote" --Pope Benedict XVI
"I no longer care why we are attacked. All I care about is those people who woke up a few mornings ago and had no idea it was their last. When we catch the man who murdered these people, I don't care to ask even one question. I want to kill him" --Faris al-Ghazi, The Kingdom
"Are there any brave men left in Washington, or are they all cowards?" --Ahmad Shah Massoud
"Central Intelligence Agency. Now there's a contradiction in terms!" --Capt. Mancuso, The Hunt for Red October
"[S]edentary life becomes the last stage of civilization and the point where it begins to decay. It also constitutes the last stage of evil and of remoteness from goodness.... [S]edentary people have become used to laziness and ease. They are sunk in well-being and luxury. They have entrusted the defense of their property and lives to the governor who rules them, and to the militia which has the task of guarding them.... They are carefree and trusting, and have ceased to carry weapons. Successive generations have grown up in this way of life." -- Ibn Khaldun, Muqaddimah, 1377
"The problem for Arabs now is, an American withdrawal could be a security disaster for the entire region" --Mustafa Alani, Iraqi analyst
"If it was up to the Democrats, we would still be living under Saddam's tyranny" --Rasha Tariq, Iraqi citizen
"We entered this battle with determination and we will continue to the end. No retreat. No talks. No negotiations." --Nuri al-Maliki
"Thinking of withdrawal is thinking of defeat. It should be done step by step." --Tahir al-Bakaa, former Iraqi Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research




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