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To: WhiskeyPapa
The Ba'ath Party is secular.

But culturally and politically it is extremely islamo-arab nationalist. As I said, your ignorance makes you unqualified to discuss the problem of Saddam further.

475 posted on 11/15/2002 12:18:55 PM PST by GOPcapitalist
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To: GOPcapitalist
The Ba'ath Party is secular.

But culturally and politically it is extremely islamo-arab nationalist.

What's a source for that?

Walt

485 posted on 11/15/2002 12:44:26 PM PST by WhiskeyPapa
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To: GOPcapitalist
But culturally and politically it is extremely islamo-arab nationalist.

No it isn't. The Ba'ath party is Arab Nationalist. Pious Islam is the enemy of Arab Nationalism. Look at Iraq. The Sunni Muslims are the secular majority, whereas the Shi'ites, our allies and Saddam's sworn enemies, are fundamentalist loonies of the Ayatollah Khomenei variety. The Middle East is not a monolothic entity.

I haven't followed this thread and I don't know what's going on, but just wanted to clear that up...

487 posted on 11/15/2002 12:46:43 PM PST by andy_card
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To: GOPcapitalist
But culturally and politically it is extremely islamo-arab nationalist.

Nah.

"Islamo-Arab Nationalist" is like National-Socialism. It's two opposites, as Andy Card pointed out. It seems as if you made the term up out of the clear blue.

Walt

500 posted on 11/15/2002 1:11:00 PM PST by WhiskeyPapa
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