I tend to avoid discussion about the Middle East conflict(s) because there are too many variables and I can't argue ANY of them intelligently, but can someone explain to me how this statement makes sense?:
Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al Zawahri warned his group would not stand by and watch Israel bombard Lebanon and the Palestinians, calling on Muslims in a video aired on Thursday to fight attacks on their countries......"How can we remain silent while watching bombs raining on our people," he asked. "Oh Muslims everywhere, I call on you to fight and become martyrs in the war against the Zionists and the Crusaders," Zawahri said in the statement which was entitled "The Zionist-crusader war on Lebanon and the Palestinians."
Okay, so...if I'm judging the context of the entire article correctly, he should suggest that people living outside the Middle East should throw things into a clusterfuck in their otherwise peaceful countries to pressure their governments to become involved and create a fucking world war? THAT SOUNDS SO FUCKING SMART. Yes, we Americans are touchy about body count and if some outside group comes and and tries to wreak havoc on our peace, we're going to drop some bombs...but not on ourselves or the Israelis, so I don't see how their tactics are very bright.
Besides that, do disperate Muslim groups even like each other enough to be raising up in arms against people? My limited understanding is that Sunnis and Shi'ites, at least those in Iraq, aren't even chummy-chummy enough to stay off of the evening news for a couple of days.
I'm sick of this shit. When you're young and preoccupied with yourself and your ego prevents you from being concerned with what's going on in the larger world, these things stay off your radar. Then you reach a certain age where you feel "Shit, is the world coming to an end or something?" and the more you think about it, the same level of idiocy has been going on forfuckingever, just in different locations.
Posted by Tiffany at July 27, 2006 06:40 AM | TrackBack