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Has the Day of the Islamist Arrived?

nbknzr Wrote: Jul 01, 2012 4:33 PM

Who's the bigot? I am glad that you don't dispute that the modern state of Israel was founded by terrorists. I'm glad that you don't dispute that there was no difference between the terrorist tactics employed by the Irgun and the Stern Gang and the modern "terrorists." I'm humored that you would (implicitly) compare Zionist terrorist leaders like Shamir, Begin, and Sharon, etc. to a true warrior and hero like Michael Collins. Interestingly, the word "terrorism" was first used in 1795 by British commentatros attempting to label the legitimate government of France as "terrorist" in an attempt to delegitimize the British enemy as "beyond the pale." We witness the same usage today.

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Has the Day of the Islamist Arrived?

Sixteen months after the United States abandoned its loyal satrap of 30 years, President Hosni Mubarak, to champion democracy in Egypt, the returns are in.

Mohammed Morsi, candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood, is president of Egypt, while the military has dissolved the elected parliament that was dominated by the Brotherhood, and curbed his powers.

The military and the mullahs will fight for the future of a country that is home to one in four Arabs. The soldiers who have dominated Egypt since the ouster of King Farouk in 1952 show no willingness to surrender what they have long controlled of the...

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