Well Mallard I guess I was talking to you also.

patrick neid on June 10, 2008 at 1:26 PM

Anyone listen to Mark Levin? Remember how he talks about how unhappy and bitter liberals are? I give you Exhibit A.

Hey Patrick, the Jerk Store called and they’re all out of you!

Ther are a couple long-ish but interesting articles today that are worth reading.
First, is is this article on the decline of al-Qaeda and other Islamist groups aroung the world. The US and plenty of other nations have been putting a serious hurt not …

The issues and situation in Afghanistan are quite a bit different, though, with the Pashtun tribal leadership much more closely aligned with the Taliban than Iraqi sheikhs were with AQ or even the Saddamist insurgents.

Until there is a long string of suicide bombings in Afghanistan where kids get killed, there will be no Afghan Awakening. And Ed is right in saying that Taliban and AQ have almost identical ideologies. Iraq was fairly secular during Saddam’s 2 decades in power which is why ideologically the Sheiks in Anbar were fast in repudiating the ideology of the foreign jihadi AQ fighters. But the Afghanis are one of the most religious people on earth, so it is doubtful that the Awakening can be implemented there. The first step is to separate the ideologies, and the 2nd step is for AQ to start carpet-suicide-bombing there to set the population against them. Neither is likely to happen.

…You and the dozens of others here are a pathetic pieces of shit my friend

McCain? Is that you?

Still, I have to wonder how much good al-Rishawi could do in Afghanistan. The Pashtuns are pretty xenophobic, all that Muslim “umma” stuff notwithstanding. Seems to me they’d be pretty resentful of another outsider showing up to tell them what to do, not to mention that the ways of Anbar and the ways of Pashtunistan have to be way different.

Color me skeptical, but grateful nonetheless.

I think, initially, he’d be the equivalent of a former drunken hellraiser who has come to Jesus. He’s a great testimony among other drunken hellraisers because there’s a kinship there that we can’t bridge, even if they are hesitant to embrace outsiders. He speaks in a way they not only can understand but also can relate to.

This Sheikh can go among the other Muslims and say “Yes, I know what you think of them, but I’ve been there. I’ve talked to them and fought with them and they are not what you’ve been told they are. They are brave and they want to help us. They will bleed with us”.

patrick neid on June 10, 2008 at 1:26 PM

*waves goodbye*

You and the dozens of others here are a pathetic pieces of shit my friend. When you climb back into the shit hole you call your life many of us will be greatly relieved.

And on another note you pieces of shit, I use my real name. I don’t hide behind an alias so that I can easily disavow anything I have said by changing my handle.

That’s what happens when ya let demonrats run the show. Let’s not repeat that mistake again. BTW, I flew with a pilot last week who was involved in Carter’s failed attampt to rescue the hostages in Iran. He said Carter screwed it all up because he tried to micro-manage the whole operation. Let’s keep these idiots as far away from the White House as possible.

Also remind them that the Fallen Heroes WILL have died for nothing if we leave before the Iraqis are ready for us to leave.

Color me skeptical, but grateful nonetheless.

Yup, his brother was the leader of the Awakening and a.q. killed him for it. But this guy stepped up the plate and replaced him and is doing great work there.

I like the cut of this guy’s jib.

What’s a jib, where can I locate mine and what is the criteria for assessing the quality of one’s jib? Also, if I discover that my jib is sub-standard, what can I go to get help on improving my jib? Can they and will they send me some place special for jib modification or enhancement? Kidding. I love that phrase and jib is a great word.

BTW, I think this guy has the right idea. I think we should support this man once he has been vetted. How do we vet him? I don’t know however I think we want to avoid supporting another potential Saddam. (Just a grain of caution is all)

Does anybody still think it’s better to have enemies than allies? Iraq and A-stan have been ‘flipped’ over to our side. Why? Because their people were oppressed and we LIBERATED them. God bless our Troops and President Bush, yes he WILL be remembered favorably by History.

I like the idea of an insurgency inside an insurgency. Kinda like double secret probation but with guns, intel and aircraft.

True, the experiences are likely not directly transplantable, given the very different ethnic, linguistic, and sociocultural factors in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also, men of this one’s mettle have vital work to do at home, further legitimizing and consolidating the Iraqi government’s character as a truly National body by running for and winning a place in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

But right you are, Ed, that this fellow and his like are (at last!) wide awake. It is brave blokes like this who may yet lead the Arab world out of its long, troubled slumbers and make the world safe from its deadly somnambulant spasms.

Rhinoboy on June 10, 2008 at 11:25 AM

I have no idea what that means, but it has inspired me with hope.

BohicaTwentyTwo on June 10, 2008 at 11:36 AM

Frankly, I think it is time for a change…

BohicaTwentyTwo on June 10, 2008 at 11:36 AM

I, too, smell change in the air……or is that my garbage?