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To: Alighieri who wrote (279689)	3/11/2006 4:40:13 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574509

Al, re: The fact is that the neocons who control U.S. strategy have no interest in preventing a civil war but only in inciting one. Sectarian tensions were virtually unknown in Iraq before the U.S. invasion. And in fact the Iraqi Shia fought loyally as Iraqis against Iranian Shia in the disastrous Iran-Iraq war. Interesting, essentially what Ted and I were talking about. Maybe the neo's are "dumb like a fox" and chaos in the ME was their ultimate goal. I'm not sure I buy it... I would prefer to think they are dumb as a rock and incompetent than think that they have snookered you, me and the rest of the world. It's bad policy either way... but I would like to think that I was smart and they were idiots. Maybe not.

To: Alighieri who wrote (279689)	3/13/2006 4:04:16 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574509

As ever Pipes's anti-Arab racism is simply too rabid to be hidden. If Muslims are busy killing other Muslims, then "non-Muslims" are less likely to be hurt!! What does that say about Muslim lives? And of course both Sunnis and Shia must be labeled "terrorists." Pipes is doing nothing more endorsing than the oldest of colonial strategies: Divide et impera. Pipes sounds very much like mindmeld.

To: Alighieri who wrote (279689)	3/13/2006 4:05:58 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574509

This article bears repeating........its particularly worrisome when you realize that Sandra Day O'Conner is a Republican. Former top judge says US risks edging near to dictatorship · Sandra Day O'Connor warns of rightwing attacks · Lawyers 'must speak up' to protect judiciary Julian Borger in Washington Monday March 13, 2006 The Guardian Sandra Day O'Connor, a Republican-appointed judge who retired last month after 24 years on the supreme court, has said the US is in danger of edging towards dictatorship if the party's rightwingers continue to attack the judiciary. In a strongly worded speech at Georgetown University, reported by National Public Radio and the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Ms O'Connor took aim at Republican leaders whose repeated denunciations of the courts for alleged liberal bias could, she said, be contributing to a climate of violence against judges. continued........... guardian.co.uk