They lived. News got it wrong again.
The true Arab descended from Ishmael, the half-brother of Isaac, predecessor of the Jewish people. Therefore, despite their mutual antagonism, Arabs and Jews are closely related ethnologically. The character of the Arab was predicted before the birth of Ishmael 4000 years ago, and it remains true of him today. His mother, Hagar was told of her son:
The character of the Arab was predicted before the birth of Ishmael 4000 years ago, and it remains true of him today. His mother, Hagar was told of her son:
“He will be a wild-ass man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren” (Genesis 16:12).
The first part of this prediction proclaimed the character of the people who would develop from Ishmael, whilst the second part described the location of their settlement. They would dwell in the presence of their brethren, the Jewish people. The area occupied by the Arabs is that barren, and in most parts, vacant land that lies between Persia, Syria, Israel, Egypt and Ethiopia.
The character of the Arabs who dwell in this inhospitable region conform to the description given to the mother of Ishmael. They are fiercely independent, and are dangerous when provoked or attacked. In spite of the pressures brought to bear upon the Arab countries, and their common hostility towards Israel, there has been little cohesion among them. Proclamations of Arab unity have been made but seldom properly implemented. In fact, the disunity among the Arab powers illustrates the truth of Genesis 16:12 to this day: “He will be a wild ass of a man his hand shall be against every man and every man’s hand against him.” The reference to the wild ass (as the Hebrew text has it) is most fitting. It is the image of the free, intractable bedouin character. As the Book of Job records, the wild ass is untamable, roaming at will in the desert, a wonderful symbol of the bedouin’s boundless love of freedom and independence. The statement “his hand shall be against every man and every man’s hand against him” is a fitting and vivid description of the incessant feuds among Arabs. And these continue to the present.
I already called in the bombers.
“Paging Rep Murtha. Please pickup the camo courtesy phone...you fat bastard!â€
Pull our troops out. Carpet nuke the whole area.
Hmmm. Were these ACTUAL Iraqi soldiers, or al Queda members wearing stolen uniforms to make it LOOK like Iraqi soldiers were killing American soldiers?