Posted on 04/27/2007 4:50:03 AM PDT by Tolik
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Links: FR Index of his articles: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=victordavishanson
His website: http://victorhanson.com/
NRO archive: http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson-archive.asp
Pajamasmedia: http://victordavishanson.pajamasmedia.com/
“Kurdistan is a stunning success. It belies stereotypes that Muslims can’t govern themselves peacefully, practice consensual government, or create vibrant economies”
FROM WIKI
It is been said that Kurds “hold their Islam lightly”, meaning that their faith tends not to be as assertive as it can become in other areas[87]. One consequence, for example, has been the greater freedoms enjoyed by Kurdish women; they do not cover their faces, their hijab is less restrictive, and they do not wear full-cover garments such as the Iranian chador or Arabic abaya[88] [89].
Vietnam ... won on the battlefield, lost on the homefront. How quickly some forget.
bttt
Band of brothers
Seeing more of the purple finger, and less of the shaking fist, is the key to regaining the hearts and minds of Americans — who in the end alone can win or lose this war.
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What a great summary!
If our country’s politicians had been united in this effort, the general public would have been exposed to a very different theme from mass media.
Even though VDH enumerates the negative images that American viewers are shown repeatedly, he does not have mass protests on his list - because mass media does not have video of mass protests - because they are NOT occurring in the Muslim world!
What we need most: Demonstrated success that the surge is working. The next reporting date by Petreus is Sept.
VIDEO : Kurds say thank you to America http://links.streamingwizard.com/1stuk/theotheriraq/ustvspot1m.asx
Thanks for the VDH ping. It’s always a great read.
Other than that, the man is brilliant.
L
Free birds, by Mohamed Fadhil
When Arabs or westerners ask me about the situation and I answer that hope remains and that we’re looking forward to a better future most would say ‘Are you living in this world?’ I answer, ‘Yes, it’s you who live in the parallel world the media built for you with images of only death and destruction’.
If it surprised some of them that a poll found Iraqis optimistic, then I’m surprised that someone finally bothered to ask Iraqis how they feel.
Just as free birds would never return to the cage, we don’t want to return to the days of the tyrant. Birds do not care that beasts roam outside and would not feel nostalgic for a home or meal mixed with humiliation.
All that a free bird cares about is to spread wings and fly as it pleases.
We should not spend our energy making the war popular, but rather we need to spend our time fighting the traitors in Congress to defeat them and fighting the terrorists in Iraq to annihilate them
I don’t know whether Mohamed Fadhil is the person in question... but this bird-analogy was made by an Iraqi Member of Parliament who is a Shia cleric... and VERY pro-American.
Excellent analysis.
It’s Europe that isn’t worth it.
I will also have to remember to bring a dictionary, VDH always send me looking up words at least 3 times in his articles.
VDH is dead on. His analysis simply could not be more accurate. Let us hope the right people read this.
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