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Has the West been silenced by Islam? (Strange Paul Vallely article)
10/4/2006 | Paul Vallely

Posted on 10/03/2006 6:28:35 PM PDT by Dark Skies

Here's a link to a very strange Paul Vallely article in a source that we cannot but link.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article1786836.ece


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: generalpaulevallely; generalpaulvallely; islam; paulevallely; paulvallely
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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article1786836.ece
1 posted on 10/03/2006 6:28:35 PM PDT by Dark Skies
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To: Dark Skies
Here t'is...

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article1786836.ece

2 posted on 10/03/2006 6:29:43 PM PDT by Dark Skies (Allah sez "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.")
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To: Dark Skies
...if Muslims react so violently when their religion is identified with violence, doesn't it prove the accusation right?

Yep, it's self-evident.

3 posted on 10/03/2006 6:31:59 PM PDT by Salvey (ancest)
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To: Dark Skies

Paul Valley looks pretty dhimmi to me.


4 posted on 10/03/2006 6:34:08 PM PDT by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: Dark Skies

Reads a bit as if snippets of the article were lifted from other articles.


5 posted on 10/03/2006 6:40:30 PM PDT by fso301
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To: Dark Skies
"The decision in Spain to scrap the burning of effigies of Mohamed reveals that a new sensitivity is developing in many quarters."

No, it reveals that much of the non-Muslim world is on a futile attempt to appease the unappeasable. ....an attempt that will ultimately yield results the exact opposite of those indended.

6 posted on 10/03/2006 6:42:06 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

"indended" was not intended.


7 posted on 10/03/2006 6:43:12 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Dark Skies

The Paul Vallely who wrote this article is a British editor of The Independent and an entirely different person than the retired General Paul Vallely who is an analyst for FOX News.


8 posted on 10/03/2006 6:43:30 PM PDT by quidnunc (Omnis Gaul delenda est)
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To: fso301

Yeah, the continuity is all out of whack.


9 posted on 10/03/2006 6:45:00 PM PDT by Gordongekko909 (Mark 5:9)
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To: Mr. Mojo

bump for later


10 posted on 10/03/2006 6:45:08 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (How do I change my screen name after Harper's election?)
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To: quidnunc

Thanks. I was just going to point that out.


11 posted on 10/03/2006 6:47:37 PM PDT by B Knotts (Newt '08!)
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To: Dark Skies

Such a tolerant, accepting fellow. How do you suppose he'd look in a burkha?


12 posted on 10/03/2006 6:50:40 PM PDT by Clioman
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To: quidnunc

Thanks for that information. Interesting that there would be two men with that exact name.


13 posted on 10/03/2006 6:51:35 PM PDT by OldFriend (Should we wait for them to come and kill us again? President Karzai 9/26/06)
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To: OldFriend

Quite a relief. I was hoping it wasn't the American General.


14 posted on 10/03/2006 6:58:18 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: quidnunc

Thanks for that info. It's such an unusual name I was worried about the good general.


15 posted on 10/03/2006 7:00:03 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Dark Skies

Yes, very confused. A long collection of factual snippets, with very little connecting them and a sense that the author is uncertain what his position should be.

I suppose that's a hopeful sign in a way, because normally the Independent takes a confidently leftist position on everything. On the other hand, a guy like this is not going to be much help when the terrorists take over. He'll be crouched in a corner trying to add up the facts on his fingers, completely paralyzed.


16 posted on 10/03/2006 7:00:59 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Dark Skies

Sounds like he is trying to rationalize cowardice in the face of Muslim intimidation.


17 posted on 10/03/2006 7:04:54 PM PDT by expatpat
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To: Dark Skies

Mr Vallelly, you are cordially invited to convert to Islam...............or be beheaded. Your choice.


18 posted on 10/03/2006 7:12:29 PM PDT by LC HOGHEAD ("Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things evil and inhumANE)
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To: Dark Skies

Sounds like just another collaborator looking for an excuse. In France, the Vichy government's position was that citizens who didn't support giving in to the Germans were unpatriotic (because giving in would avoid violence and destruction of France). De Gaulle was labeled a traitor.


19 posted on 10/03/2006 7:16:31 PM PDT by BusterBear
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To: Gordongekko909

"Yeah, the continuity is all out of whack."

Oh good, I thought it was me.


20 posted on 10/03/2006 7:18:35 PM PDT by Dawggie
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