[Maria S]

“The Muslim world, most especially its Arab branch, is pathetically poor, militarily incompetent and ruled by some of the world’s most vulgar and brutal despots.”

What an irony, given that there’s enough oil under their land to make everyone there quite well off. The “world’s most vulgar and brutal despots” of the Muslim world seem to know how to best control their natural resources, don’t they?



“Perhaps the most stunning data concern the stagnant condition of Arab intellectual life, as reflected in educational approaches that breed, in the words of the report’s authors, "submission, obedience, subordination and compliance rather than free critical thinking."


“Stagnant condition of…intellectual life…that breed subordination and compliance rather than free critical thinking”…THAT little tidbit ought to get our attention, if nothing else. Exactly what are OUR “educational approaches” breeding these days besides the dumbing down of American kids?

[sharkhawk]

Remember the report out a few weeks ago, that college students are actually more conservative than any other age group. Despite the left's attempts to indoctrinate the kids, they are intelligent enough to see through the bullsh*t.

[weegee]

What an irony, given that there’s enough oil under their land to make everyone there quite well off. The “world’s most vulgar and brutal despots” of the Muslim world seem to know how to best control their natural resources, don’t they?

In the days/weeks following 9/11 the left was wringing their hands saying that we needed to give money to Afghanistan and the Middle East so that their people wouldn't live in poverty. Never mind that 5 of the world's 10 wealthiest individuals live in the Middle East. The money is there; these people instead live under wealthy monarchs and dictators who'd rather construct another 10 gold plated palaces.

Even today we hear the lies of the left that this was a war over oil so that American corporations can steal those oil dollars from the "downtrodden" Middle Easterners.