[Jerez2]

I know that the shoe does have significance in the Muslim culture. A sign of extreme disrespect. But remember, after the fall of Bagdhad, they were hitting the statue -- preferably on the face. Hitting a desk does not have the same kind of impact symbolically.

Kruschev was a Communist, his ancestors were Christian but at that time religion was forbidden in Russia/USSR. Communism WAS their religion.

When he said "WE" will bury you, he meant the USSR and Communism would bury the US and capitalism.

Different era, different fight. That was WW3. This is WW4.

[Calpernia]

Ok, that makes sense. I didn't know religion wasn't allowed under communist rule.

[milkncookies]

Correction: WWIII never ended, in spite of what we've read and been told. As pointed out by granny in a previous post, communism, nazism and Islam are all connected, if only by one thing, and that is the complete destruction of the "free world" as we know it. (Or perhaps knew it)

What we've witnessed with the Berlin Wall coming down, Perestroika and the breakup of the USSR is nothing more or less than Communist dialectic in full swing. In other words, the ole "one step forward, two steps backward." Smoke and mirrors my friend, nothing is ever as it seems with these people.