>I love how opponents of the current policy belittle Iraqis and Mulsims in >general with this sort of invective. Europe was a smoldering fire of petty >political, tribal and ethnic animosities for at least 3,000 years prior to >this century. Yet somehow Europeans (and by extensions Americans, Canadians, >and other spawn of European colonization) are more capable of rational >self-interest than those poor, backward Muslims. Or is it just the Arab >Muslims who are incapable of civilization? I'm confused, please enlighten >me.
That is actually part of it, the Arab world never had an enlightenment, reformation or counter reformation. Also while we were a smoldering fire of petty political, tribal and ethnic animosities the Arabs had one of the greatest civilizations. Damascus and Baghdad were the hubs of a very advanced civilization that produced some of the greatest literary and artistic works we know. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258376 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
