[Rytwyng]

Here's another:

"One cannot but ponder the question: What if the Arabs had been Christians? To me it seems certain that the fatalistic teachings of Mohammed and the utter degradation of women is the outstanding cause for the arrested development of the Arab. He is exactly as he was around the year 700, while we have kept on developing. Here, I think, is some text for an eloquent sermon on the virtues of Christianity."

-- War As I Knew It, General George S. Patton, Jr.

[Concentrate]

To me it seems certain that the fatalistic teachings of Mohammed and the utter degradation of women is the outstanding cause for the arrested development of the Arab.

I don't think this is the case. There are lots of cultures that discriminate against women and are also poor.

[PsyOp]

War As I Knew It, General George S. Patton, Jr.

Thanks. I meant to include that in the quotes at the end but forgot to. If you are interested in more Patton quotes I put together a thread you can access from my links page.

[Unknowing]

Your # 14: what a modest and thoughtful paragraph from one of our greatest leaders, and one of the greatest generals of all time.

[PsyOp]

Here is another Patton quote on his experience in North Africa.

"In the fields the plowing is done with the most peculiar combination of animals. The peasants either use a horse and camel, a burro and a camel, a bull and a camel, or a bull and a horse. I am informed that they cannot use two camels because they fight each other. Any animal hooked up with a camel becomes disgusted and loses interest in life." - General George S. Patton, Jr., Diary. November 22, 1942.

I suppose the same could be said of people and camels.

[miltonim]

Palestinian gunmen kill suspected collaborators, display bodies

Jerusalem Post ^ | Oct. 23, 2003 | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted on 10/23/2003 10:23 AM EDT by yonif

Masked Palestinian gunmen killed two Palestinian men suspected of collaborating with Israel on Thursday.
...

The two men reportedly confessed to betraying Sirhan Sirhan, a militant shot dead by Israeli troops in Tulkarem on Oct. 4 after a yearlong manhunt. One of the men, who had been an Islamic Jihad member, also confessed to betraying two comrades who were killed by Israeli troops.

Sirhan was wanted by Israel for killing five people on an Israeli communal farm, including a mother and her two small children.

The bullet-riddled bodies were then dragged to the central square and propped up for camp residents to see, witnesses said.
...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1006569/posts