Congress told US Iraq attack will trigger Arab rage

Reuters ^

[Mixer]

I don't think these islamics do that. It's kinda like bin Laden plotting a terrorist attack on the US, standing up and taking credit for it and having no plan to deal with the butt whoopin' that was coming to him

I see what you mean now. Thanks for clearing that up.

[mcsparkie]

may force governments to adopt repressive measures to retain control

The whole purpose of this war on Islamic terrorism is to force the Islamic nations to repress their Islamic people.

[El Gato]

Responsible Arabs know what awaits them should they ever succeed in chasing the West away!

It won't be pretty.

But it will be...er...interesting to watch, don't you think? Besides, when it's over, the Arabs will be better off under Turkish rule, which is now at least somewhat representative, than under their "home boy" thugs, dictators and tyrants. 'Course they'd be better off under Israeli rule than they are now. Ask any Israeli Arab if he'd rather live in one of those countries or where he does. Alternatively, just for Iraq. Split it up. Give the South to Kuwait or Iran if they rid themselves of the Ayatollahs in time, the west to Jordon, and the north to Turkey. The center is likely to be glass that is glowing in the dark for some time, and none of the neighbors will want that part.

[mcsparkie]

There is something to be learned from Arab culture

You are talking about Persian culture. Arab culture would be the little black box with the little black rock. And sleeping with a camel in the desert.

[mcsparkie]

the Arabs will be better off under Turkish rule

In a lot of ways, isn't it too bad that the Ottoman Empire collapsed into the present dismal state of the "Arab" world?

[The Wizard]

this is a reprint from 91, right?

[CyberAnt]

Why is the House listening to these leftist idiots??

[CARepubGal]

I do not think the Turks deserve the punishment of conquered Arabs under their rule. They worked long and hard to craft a modern Islam and deserve credit for that. Now if the next Pope is named Urban..........

[ladyinred]

So? And this is supposed to make us what? Not fight back against the terrorists? It seems to me they are more aggressive against those they preceive as weak!

[chilepepper]

the real shame is that we cannot visit Baghdad and see the marvels of the late and great Persian Empire.

hogwash... you have to go to TEHERAN to see the Persian Empire. *NEVER* call an Iranian an ARAB, that is one of the worst insults you can imagine. Iranians are Persians and rightfully look at the rest of the Arab world as a bunch of uncivilized camel merchants...

[aruanan]

Congress told US Iraq attack will trigger Arab rage

And we and Israel would know the difference how?

[Howlin]

LOL!

[Howlin]

Are we to pretend he's unbiased? I'm sure as hell not.

As far as the Arabs being enraged, I DO NOT CARE........and I hope they are SCARED TO DEATH, TOO.

[Howlin]

It only would demonstrate once again the impotence of the American superpower

Was old Art in a coma during the Gulf War?

[epsjr]

ZOGBY IS AN A R A B ! ! ! INTERESTING, HUMmmmmmmmmm.

[B Knotts]

other witnesses argued that anti-American feeling was generated by government-controlled media and education systems and religious institutions that produced a constant stream of anti-American and anti-Jewish incitement that often crossed the line into outright racism.

Note that this could as easily describe large portions of the U.S., too. :-(

[swarthyguy]

http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:rq6IBxsnuG4C:www.india-emb.org.eg/Section%252010/Engl3-1.htm+%22Arab+numbers%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Arabic Numerals, not quite. But google on zero...

And here's a quick result.

http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:0rXYbP3K3P8C:hallbook.com/science_nature/21.shtml+%22origins+of+zero%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

-SNip-->The scene then shifts to India, where the zero emerges shrouded in mystery. When this strange and powerful cipher becomes the property of Arab traders, the tale takes on an aura of magic and intrigue, as medieval Europeans recoil from what they see as a mark of infidel sorcery--only to later embrace it as a symbol of God's power to make all things out of nothing....

-SNiP--The origin of our current notation for the number zero is also unknown, though it is presumed to have originated in India with Hindu mathematicians, somewhere between 500 and 800 A.D. Later the Hindu numerals were employed by the Arabs (and became called "Arabic numerals"), and from them spread into European mathematics.

Couldn't find the specific articles i was thinking of, though.

[weikel]

ROTFLMAO

[Lion's Cub]

I don't give a damn about Arab rage. They need to start worrying about American rage.

And for the record: I don't give a damn whether they like me or not.