“So before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; and the tribe against the world. And all of us against the infidel.”– Leon Uris, _The Haj_ (1984)
American troops on the Syrian border are enjoying a battle they have long waited to see – a clash between foreign al-Qa’eda fighters and Iraqi insurgents.
Tribal leaders in Husaybah are attacking followers of Abu Musab Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born terrorist who established the town as an entry point for al- Qa’eda jihadists being smuggled into the country.
The reason, the US military believes, is frustration at the heavy-handed approach of the foreigners, who have kidnapped and assassinated local leaders and imposed a strict Islamic code.
Read it all.
(Earlier post here)
I cannot help but smile at this.
Mountain goats fighting each other. The Discovery channel probably should be filming it.
As well as filming Canadian Liberals butting heads.
Also making me smile: I’m sure y’all will notice in the news now (believe it or not, in the MSM) that last year the Tories took in more than twice in donations than the Libbies. See the NP, G&M, etc. for more.
Just looked at CBC’s site. Nothing on party funding. Bet if the Libs made more than the Tories, the story would be there. No surprise. Surely with all that taxpayer funding they are able to be quickly aware of the fact in question!
Who says it’s “insurgents” fighting the foreign al Qaedas? From the description in the article, it sounds like it’s just a bunch of local folks who’ve gotten fed up with fanatics showing up and trying to shove them around.
But hey! Mainstream media! There are lots more important stories to tell than Deep Impact! After all, another car might leave Joliette Prison tomorrow, and it might be carrying Karla Homolka, maybe! And maybe a U.S. serviceman will accidentally glance in the direction of a Koran at Gitmo! Or maybe Stephen Harper will frown at somebody, or better yet – complain about the three-bean salad at one of his makeover barbecues, thereby proving that Conservatives are all racists!
But whatever you guys do, don�t pay any attention to this mind-bogglingly complex and important achievement of modern science!
Oh, and for you left-leaning, peace-freaky moonbats out there, you can hereafter cite the Impactor (what a fantastically Dr. Evil-type name!) as proof positive that Emperor Bushpatine, Darth Rumsfeld and Grand Moff Rovekin have, at long last, succeeded in weaponizing space. That’s no comet! That’s a SPACE STATION!!!
�Commence primary ignition!�
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(The title for this post, incidentally, is a quote from Heinlein�s The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, where the lunar revolutionaries use a magnetic induction catapult to fire big-ass rocks at targets on Earth. It seemed appropriate.)
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Space has been weaponized; do not tell AdScam Martin; he will tell Kofi; he will tell Maurice…
4000 years ago these words were penned – “He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.” (Genesis 16:12)
This is what was said about Ishmael, the son of Abraham and the father of the Arab peoples.
I can think of a tactical nuke that would solve isolated issues like this real quick. Besides, if they just want to kill everyone anyway, who cares. Oh, and they can line up all the lefty peacnick treehugging moonbats with them.