Re Posner, I don't think anything about him one way or the other. When Daniel Pipes though, discusses the topic; I'm open to reading what he has to say. The same goes for Steve Emerson, Robert Spencer, Aaron Weisburd, Joseph Farah, Reuven Paz.....
Hey, snow and flowers -- I know what you mean. The first 2 years here I planted too early and the snow killed some of the plants.
Bad storm today, so after church and Sunday brunch; I took my spring catalogs and tour books out and looked at lots of pictures. Perked me
right up.
SNIP:
The clerics in the northeastern province of Badakhshan said they wanted US President George W. Bush to handle the matter honestly “and hand the culprits over to an Islamic country for punishment”.
“If that does not happen within three days, we will launch a jihad against America,” said a statement issued by about 300 clerics after meeting in the main mosque in the provincial capital, Faizabad.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=63858&d=16&m=5&y=2005