"The propensity to manufacture propaganda in the Arab world is traditionally accepted as a method to safeguard honor and status and to avoid shame. It is not, as David Pryce-Jones explained in The Closed Circle: An Interpretation of the Arabs, a matter of morality or malice. “If honor so demands, “ he said, “lies and cheating may become absolute imperatives.” In fact, exploiting every possibility for converting shame to honor is considered a noble skill. Shia practice recognizes this predicament and permits taqyia, or “precautionary dissimulation” where Muslims can lie and cheat with religious sanctity.
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"It's unclear why the West is continually drawn into the charade."That's a no brainer.Radical muslims(aka terrorists) and the msm are on the same page.Victory at any cost and any means to achieve that end is acceptable.
I am still amazed advertisers have no problem having their products associated with a newspaper known for intentional lying and fraud.
Based on their spelling, I guess the NY Times thinks regulations explode.
From what I've read, that's a pic taken in Afghanistan and not Pakistan too. It was ALL a lie.