[dennisw]

good one

[gotribe]

Perfect in every word.

[Cruising Speed]

If this connection is proven, then we have the Shia fundamentalists in Iran directly sponsoring the murderer of their co-religionists in Iraq.

whoa, that is heavy stuff--and I certainly hope it gets broadcast all over Iran.

[shield]

good one Chris

[kellynla]

BTTT

[DemforBush]

Isn't it funny how a self-proclaimed radical lefty like Hitchens "gets it" but the bulk of the Democratic leadership doesn't?

[FreeReign]

His decision to declare a jihad against the Shia population in general has been the crucial innovation of the insurgency: applying murderous pressure to the most vulnerable part of Iraqi society. And it has had the intended effect of undermining Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and empowering Iranian-backed Shia death squads...

...Most fascinating of all is the suggestion that Zarqawi was receiving covert help from the mullahs in Iran. He certainly seems to have been able to transit their territory (Herat is on the Iranian border with Afghanistan) and replenish his forces by the same route. If this connection is proven, then we have the Shia fundamentalists in Iran directly sponsoring the murderer of their co-religionists in Iraq. This in turn would mean that the Iranian mullahs stand convicted of the most brutish and cynical irresponsibility, in front of their own people, even as they try to distract attention from their covert nuclear ambitions. That would be worth knowing. And it would become rather difficult to argue that US President George W. Bush had made them do it, though no doubt the attempt will be made.

Straight forward -- no political spin by Hitchens.

Hitchens seems to be one of the few political commentators who will honestly tell it like it is.

BTW, kudos to Sistani.

[lesser_satan]

bump for later

[petercooper]

bttt

[PhillyRepublican]

Hitchens had a good article on why Haditha isn't My Lai also.

[Christian4Bush]

bttt

[malia]

bump

[P.O.E.]

BTTT

[Knitting A Conundrum]

It is interesting to note that not all Shias like each other, either, and there are groups in Qom that no doubt hate some of the ones in Iraq. That would be like saying all people in America who call themselves Baptists approve of what all the other Baptists are doing. I could easily see the mullahs in the hardline political circles of Iran supporting the death of those who they think are a threat or a disgrace to what they want Shia Islam to be....

Ah, the strange bedfellows radical politics makes...

[Frank_2001]

Excellent article!

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