How America Met the Mideast - Page 3

bradclark1 · 01-21-07, 10:00 PM

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“War is the continuation of policy by other means."
- Karl von Clausewitz

So you think Bush is out to change the middle east through war. I think I could believe that. Which country is next on the chopping block in you opinion?

bradclark1 · 01-21-07, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

You can read chapter 1 of Oren's book here.

For a book dedicated solely to this history of the US Navy's battle against the Islamic pirates 2 centuries ago, I highly recommend Victory in Tripoli, by Joshua London.

It's got 5 star reviews so I'll give it a read next month. My pocket money is spent for the month.

Fish · 01-22-07, 06:42 AM

From a article in the washington post.

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"What's coming is worse than what is now," columnist and editor Ghassan Tueni wrote in Beirut's an-Nahar newspaper.
"If the future and coming two to three years are negative, and what is sought after fails, the legacy will be a disaster, one of the first major disasters of the 21st century," said Shafeeq Ghabra, a political science

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...referrer=email

bradclark1 · 01-22-07, 08:36 AM

I don't think I disagree with one statement in that article and thats a bummer.

The Avon Lady · 01-22-07, 01:33 PM

Can't stop the music!

bradclark1 · 01-22-07, 03:32 PM

Here's an interesting piece on Iraq from my local paper.
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=b9a...3-ea39d9936a85

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"You are flying in the face of four millenniums of history if you try to draw a line around Iraq and call it a political entity!”

Is there any arab country that has the same ethnic makeup as Iraq?

01-22-07, 01:33 PM	#35
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Can't stop the music! __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

01-22-07, 08:36 AM	#34
bradclark1 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA. Posts: 2,794 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	I don't think I disagree with one statement in that article and thats a bummer.