DeadCanDance
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- May 29, 2007
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One thing that's troubled me about neocons and Bush-fans, is the tendency they have to lump all muslims into one group. To create a false impression that we face one monolithic enemy.
For those who don't know already: Al Qaeda and its associated groups are an extremist sunni movement. Their blood enemies are the shia, and particularly the persians. The persians (shia) and the arabs (sunni) are blood enemies going back hundreds of years. The likelyhood of Iran actively supporting al qaeda is about the same as Hugo Chavez supporting George Bush. They are natural enemies.
A smart, clever president, who was able to recognize nuance in geopolitical world affairs might be able to exploit the differences between persian and arab. But, alas we have a president (and his supporters) who fail to recognize any nuance, and simply think that somehow Iran, al qaeda, and bin ladin are all part of the same group:
For those who don't know already: Al Qaeda and its associated groups are an extremist sunni movement. Their blood enemies are the shia, and particularly the persians. The persians (shia) and the arabs (sunni) are blood enemies going back hundreds of years. The likelyhood of Iran actively supporting al qaeda is about the same as Hugo Chavez supporting George Bush. They are natural enemies.
A smart, clever president, who was able to recognize nuance in geopolitical world affairs might be able to exploit the differences between persian and arab. But, alas we have a president (and his supporters) who fail to recognize any nuance, and simply think that somehow Iran, al qaeda, and bin ladin are all part of the same group:
Al-Qaida leader in Iraq threatens Iran
Group will wage war unless Iran stops supporting Shiites
CAIRO, Egypt - The leader of an al-Qaida umbrella group in Iraq threatened to wage war against Iran unless it stops supporting Shiites in Iraq within two months, according to an audiotape released Sunday.....
We are giving the Persians, and especially the rulers of Iran, a two month period to end all kinds of support for the Iraqi Shiite government and to stop direct and indirect intervention ... otherwise a severe war is waiting for you, he said in the 50-minute audiotape. The tape, which could not be independently verified, was posted on a Web site commonly used by insurgent groups.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19667464/from/RS.4/