Cleric in Iran Says Shiites Must Act

The New York Times ^ | 04/26/03 | CRAIG S. SMITH

[Kadric]

It may be time to explain the facts of life to these guys. Would they prefer
Iraq __________USA
Iran __________Russia
Pakistan ______India
Saudi Arabia __Britain
Syria _________Poland
Egypt _________Germany
Libya _________France
Lebanon _______Israel
Those Moslem nations that helped will form a committee to oversee the Moslem holy shrines not destroyed by military actions.

[tkathy]

The last I heard shiites were spelled with only one "i".

[Rain-maker]

It's simple as, no Islamo-fascist government or you become food for worms.

Send out the leaflets...

[Rain-maker]

... the e is also optional depending on which mullah is speaking.

[KeyWest]

Take all this with a large grain of salt. They are and have been trying to do just this but are failing. In the recent pilgrimage, the clerics had trucks with loudspeakers to try and incite anti-American riots, but only gathered 3,000 out of 1,000,000. Which is why you hear a lot more conciliation out of the Iraqi clerics. They have totally misjudged the Iraqi people. The Iraqis know what they have and what they can lose. Remember, there has been as much anti-Iran propaganda in Iraq as anti-American before the war. They fought a war with Iran and there is no love for the Iranian clerics who fought them.

[gulfcoast6]

YOU have the right plan, no delay, announce it now.

[airborne]

You can seize the business end of a pissed off paratroopers bayonet-fixed M-16.That'll change your attitude, Kadhem, old pal!