Posted on 05/17/2004 10:51:34 PM PDT by quidnunc
Q: It seems like every day some terrorist organization or fundamentalist leader from the Muslim world is warning of “dire consequences” for us in the civilized world. If it’s not Hamas it's Bin Laden’s taped messages. Or in Iraq it's al-Sadr making ridiculous demands and the “Grand Ayatollah” al-Sistani threatening to issue fatwas. Does this empty rhetoric serve any real purpose or is it just the hot air it appears?
Hanson: I think about that a lot. It surely exasperates the West to see impotent, pathetic figures evoking the language of the 8th century…
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