From: Eeyore on


"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:

> Jim Thompson wrote:
> >
> > That's where we pretend we like the French ;-)
>
> Sorry, Jim, but I'm not THAT good at playing pretend.

Don't worry. The French don't much like your kind of Americans either.

Graham

From: Eeyore on


Homer J Simpson wrote:

> the officers, who are all white, thought he was going for a gun

Racism is alive and well in the good 'ol USA.

Graham

From: mmeron on
In article <4520C55D.7B2F988C(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> writes:
>
>
>mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
>
>> In article <45206C09.31550FBE(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> writes:
>> >
>> >It depends on our behaviour - actually mainly that of the USA. Recent US behaviour has made it all > that
>> much more attractive.
>>
>> As I said, you're thinking way too small. And, too parochial. The
>> belief that other people are just reacting to what we do, not acting
>> on their own plans and ideas, is touching, but not anchored in
>> reality. It is a pleasant belief, no doubt, since it presents us with
>> the illusion of control, with the sense that ultimately all that's
>> happening depends only on what we do, thus we just have to find the
>> proper mode of behavior and everything will be great. A pleasant
>> illusion, but no more than this.
>
>You need to do some reading. OBL for example.
>
I'm doing my reading. It is your reading that appears quite
superficial. Try following memri.org for a while, and that's just for
starters.

Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool,
meron(a)cars.uchicago.edu | chances are he is doing just the same"
From: mmeron on
In article <4520C734.BF44F5D0(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> writes:
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>
>mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
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>> In article <45206C8B.5FBCA071(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore writes:
>> >mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
>> >> In article <45205B23.8190A32(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore writes:
>> >> >mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> The Islamic terrorists aim at destruction of the western society
>> >> >
>> >> >Where did you get that idea ?
>> >>
>> >> From their own writings. Try to keep informed.
>> >
>> >Idiot.
>> >
>> >You mean they only migrate here becasue they want to destroy us ?
>> >
>> I said "Islamic terrorists". I didn't say "all Muslims". You still
>> fail to understand the difference.
>
>Your assertion is still wrong.

Really.
>
>There is no such thing as a coherent 'Islamic terrorist' movement, much as the USA would like to have you
>believe it. Much Islamic terrorism isn't even targeted at the West.
>
There wasn't such thing as a coherent "Axis" in 1939-40. There were
three separate nations, pursuing separate goals, often in
non-coordinated fashion, at times even in a way which was detrimental
to the other Axis members goals. Mussolini's invasion of Greece was
not coordinated with Hitler, in fact Hitler wasn't informed at all,
and the fact that Germany had to bail Mussolini out over there put a
few weeks delay in the preparations for Barbarossa (few weeks which
turned quite crucial). Similarly (and on a bigger scale) neither
Germany nor Italy were informed of Japan's plans to hit Pearl Harbor
and move southward into the Pacific, a move which enabled the USSR, at
a critical moment, to transfer tens of first class divisions from
Eastern Siberia to the Moscow front and successfully repel the German
attack over there.

So, no, there was nothing like a unified "Axis command" in place.
What was there, was a common mindset, one which viewed the existing
world order as weak and ripe for being overturned, and which
sanctioned the use of all available means in order to achieve this
goal. That's all.

You should study some history. Your blip about Chamberlain was most
entertaining.

Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool,
meron(a)cars.uchicago.edu | chances are he is doing just the same"
From: Eeyore on


mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:

> In article <4520C55D.7B2F988C(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> writes:
>
> >You need to do some reading. OBL for example.
>
> I'm doing my reading. It is your reading that appears quite
> superficial. Try following memri.org for a while, and that's just for
> starters.

I see they mention the Muslim Brotherhood. They're the ppl you really should be scared about. Not Islam
generally.

Graham