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Griff · 04-25-2007, 04:47 PM

I listened to that one this morning. They sent 30 to Iraq after providing the 5 sets of legs for the Spanish bombings as well. Atran said something about the North Africans seeing the jihad as the only counter-balance to US hegemony. (a sloppy paraphrase) It is stunning how we're perceived after a half-century of meddling. I don't see us changing methodologies anytime soon so it will get worse.

04-25-2007, 04:47 PM	#80
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I listened to that one this morning. They sent 30 to Iraq after providing the 5 sets of legs for the Spanish bombings as well. Atran said something about the North Africans seeing the jihad as the only counter-balance to US hegemony. (a sloppy paraphrase) It is stunning how we're perceived after a half-century of meddling. I don't see us changing methodologies anytime soon so it will get worse. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis