".. what forms of ridicule could really work against the Baathists, the Shiite theocrats in Tehran, al Qaeda, and the Wahhabis.."
Well, first of all, you start with an Irishman discussing the Shiites....
Can't you just hear it?
Top of the mernin to ye mooHamid!
Whar ye goin with that big heavy sack o potatas?
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And.....
That would be hilarious.
Especially since it was terrorism that killed any hope of a united Ireland. The Christmastime bombing of Harrod's department store in London gained the IRA nothing and cost them dearly indeed.
And before anybody starts in on me, the Orange were and are every bit as nasty.
Politically incorrect ridicule would work.