This is quite old, but I didn't see it posted here on FR. It's amazing how out of touch the people are at State and it's a good thing that the most contact Arabs have is with our military. Real men who actually share some cultural values with them; not sissified metros.
I'm a reservist and served overseas in Kuwait. I also work in NYC and know quite a few metros. The very thought of them trying to relate on any level with a grizzled desert bedouin or even a modern city-dwelling Arab is so laughable.
In Afghansistan, Army SF has to fight the brass to wear beards because the locals only respect men with beards. A 'man' who exfoliates and can tell a brand of shoe by looking at it would be as alien to them as a Martian to us. They would think he was gay and try to stone him.
1 posted on
11/29/2005 2:57:31 PM PST by
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To: Barney Gumble
2 posted on
11/29/2005 2:57:43 PM PST by
jjm2111
(99.7 FM Radio Kuwait)
To: jjm2111
Well, maybe not stone him until a few hours later.
3 posted on
11/29/2005 2:59:01 PM PST by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: jjm2111
Real Men MoisturizeThe only time I moisturize is when I spill some beer when swilling it.
4 posted on
11/29/2005 3:02:03 PM PST by
dirtboy
(Drool overflowed my buffer...)
To: jjm2111
I don't know any men that moisturize (unless they're in the closet about it.) Heck, I don't even know too many women who moisturize. Most of the people I know are leading full lives and have better things to worry about than vanity.
6 posted on
11/29/2005 3:03:58 PM PST by
IndyInVa
(There either needs to be less corruption, or more opportunity for me to participate in it.)
To: jjm2111
Real Men Moisturize No. They don't.
8 posted on
11/29/2005 3:05:56 PM PST by
TexanToTheCore
(Rock the pews, Baby)
To: jjm2111
It wouldn't surprise me if the State Department was publishing this with the clear understanding that it would elicit contempt in men of those cultures.
9 posted on
11/29/2005 3:06:18 PM PST by
saganite
(The poster formerly known as Arkie 2)
To: jjm2111
The State Department liberals promote the idea of America as a nation of metrosexual girly-men. BARF!
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
10 posted on
11/29/2005 3:07:17 PM PST by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: jjm2111
Real Men Moisturize The corner of the backyard after a couple of beers, sure.
To: jjm2111
I don't believe I have ever met a man who "moisturizes" and "exfoliates". :)
12 posted on
11/29/2005 3:07:29 PM PST by
LaineyDee
(Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
To: jjm2111
State Department funded magazine aimed at youth in the Arab Why the hell would people who seldom bathe bother to moisturize?
Sombody tell Condi to Kick com Butt...
13 posted on
11/29/2005 3:08:15 PM PST by
adamsjas
To: jjm2111
I know a few different types in this big world. The first, which I fit into, are the rough, not really caring what their hair looks like, biker crowd. Never had a problem finding a girl, or keeping one. The second, is the manicure type dudes..."rub"s as we call them. Have a hottie wife and life is good they got a bike, but you have to remind them from time to time that white sox and dock siders don't really belong on a heritage classic, but that's another story... then there is the altra male...Manicure, baby powder on his privates, and a woman who bosses him around...most likely sex is rare, and regrettable afterward...
These guys who clean up like this, be careful. it is one thing to be clean, but it is another to either scare them away, or get yerself into a relationship you can't have any control over. And I use control meaning you have none, over anything!
16 posted on
11/29/2005 3:09:30 PM PST by
sit-rep
(If you acquire, hit it again to verify...)
To: jjm2111
Real Men MoisturizeIf they're 'faygs.'
17 posted on
11/29/2005 3:09:56 PM PST by
dfwgator
To: jjm2111
"Real Men Moisturize" Concur. I prefer single malt scotch, taken internally.
To: jjm2111
-In a word, he's a metrosexual.-
In my words, he's a woman.
To: jjm2111
A 'man' who exfoliates and can tell a brand of shoe by looking at it would be as alien to them as a Martian to us. They would think he was gay and try to stone him.
Personally, I would say they would have about a 100% chance of being right in that thinking
Cheers,
knewshound
http://knewshound.blogspot.com/
22 posted on
11/29/2005 3:19:02 PM PST by
knews_hound
(i know my typing sucks, i do it one handed ! (caps are azy.e crespecially tough))
To: Victoria Delsoul
"I don't think so" ping. LOL.
26 posted on
11/29/2005 3:23:09 PM PST by
Alberta's Child
(What it all boils down to is that no one's really got it figured out just yet.)
To: jjm2111
I don't even know what exfoliating is. Nor do I care.
I do, however, have extremely dry skin and in dry climates (like where I live), if I don't slap some lotion on my face from time to time, I look like I've been lost in the desert for a month... my face gets all flaky.
So am I metro?
[shudder]
To: jjm2111
Nice to see that the State Dept is promoting (probably intentionally) an image of the American male as some pedicured flamer. The State Dept needs to be purged.
30 posted on
11/29/2005 3:29:58 PM PST by
SIDENET
("IT'S A COOKBOOK!!!")
To: jjm2111
Gustman exfoliates. He gets pedicures. He gets facials. He accessorizes. ... In a word, he's a
metrohomosexual.
Fixed.
To: jjm2111
Any government foray into popular culture is bound to be open to criticism.
This might be a clumsy attempt at propaganda, but maybe not.
They may have a good idea on their hands if they seek to build bridges to young city people, who may in fact be tired of the old mullahs and their strict rules and outdated outlooks. That seems to be the only decent long term outlook for Iran, for instance.This stuff seems silly, but there are precious few options in building dialog in this region and experimentation is probably a good thing in the long run.
36 posted on
11/29/2005 3:34:48 PM PST by
Wiseghy
(Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. – Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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