[Nick Danger]

Now they are positioning themselves to fill the ideological vacuum left by the demise of pan-Arabist socialist ideologies with Islamic fundamentalism.

Oh, brother. So now we have two entirely separate gatherings of Islamic nutcases — one in Iran, the other in Saudi Arabia — each one claiming to be holier than the other. And both of them backed by gobs and gobs of oil money.

There has got to be some way to set these factions against one another. It would save us a lot of time and trouble — not to mention lives — if the Wahhabis and the SuperShiites blew each other up.

[El Gato]

There has got to be some way to set these factions against one another. It would save us a lot of time and trouble — not to mention lives — if the Wahhabis and the SuperShiites blew each other up.

That's exactly what will happen if they ever manage to destroy Israel. Although they will still have the Great Satan to provide a common enemy.

[Don Joe]

There has got to be some way to set these factions against one another.

Besides a civil war in Iraq?