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FirstQuaker -> RE: Obama accused of committing a crime Oh NO! (7/19/2011 10:58:07 PM)
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The Arab revolt against Anglo-Saxons in the area goes back to the Palestine Mandate.
And as you noted, before that there were the Ottoman Turks, and nobody faults them for being wimps in ruling the area, or in putting down dissent or revolts, the Turks woull not hesitate to put whole regions to the sword in certain cases of revolt..
Under the British, Iraq had widespread dissent and revolts and even after they left as late as WW2 the British had to return and put down coups against the puppets they installed. The last thing the regional monarchs want is a republic of any sort, Islamic or otherwise.
They can't do a lot about the Turks, the whole crew fears them, and the last thing any one wants in the region is the Turk to come out of retirement for a road show.
.But Iraq and Iran are the biggest thorns in their sides.
As for the Bush family, they have a special respect in the Muslim world for the Koran prophesies that the descendants of Mohammed will rule all the great nations of the world, and thus the Bush clan, are regarded as holy men, much as Christians wouldltreat the direct descendants of Jesus, if some could be found, especially if they were the leaders of nations like the US or in the rest of the Anglosphere. That the sectarian Iraqis woudl be at war with such people was painted as a sign of their apostasy and heresy by the feudal Islamic rulers.
How they deal with Obama, who is also a descendant of Mohammed though the white side of his family is another challenge for them, but again this is part of their Islamic mythos.
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