tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post114386162557399751..comments2023-10-24T08:33:10.354-04:00Comments on Reformed Leftist (& Friends): Sunnis and Shia Working TogetherPaul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1144241111720364352006-04-05T08:45:00.000-04:002006-04-05T08:45:00.000-04:00Tom: Perhaps the Iraqis as a whole have too great ...Tom: Perhaps the Iraqis as a whole have too great a fraction of its population that constitute murderous retarded brutes, and thus the population at large "isn't ready for democracy." I hope that this isn't true, but it very well may be. <BR/><BR/>Yesterday, my last day in New Orleans, I spent at a meusam featuring exhibits demonstrating the shared histories of New Orleans and Haiti, with an Paul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1144193416936859752006-04-04T19:30:00.000-04:002006-04-04T19:30:00.000-04:00It's encouraging that Sunnis and Shiites are here ...It's encouraging that Sunnis and Shiites are here working together. But the same article also offers some pungent examples of why hope is so scarce in central Iraq. <BR/><BR/>To wit: <BR/>"If the militias or the commandos set foot here, we will fight them — either they die or we die,” Abdul Wahab declared. “If we let them in, they will kill us anyway, so we might as well defend ourselves.”<BR/><Tom Philpotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628086253733653673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1144187332885726862006-04-04T17:48:00.000-04:002006-04-04T17:48:00.000-04:00The media could never report this. How could they ...The media could never report this. How could they report the Sunnis and the Shites are working together, whnen the media has wants to paint a picture that Iraq is in a state of "Civil War".Alpha Conservative Malehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12769725919555832952noreply@blogger.com