tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post5715696246601838675..comments2024-03-28T01:33:22.764-04:00Comments on The DiploMad 2.0: 9/11/14: Year Thirteen in the 1400 Year War DiploMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-32760562377526271042014-09-16T20:04:36.959-04:002014-09-16T20:04:36.959-04:00Dip--great to see you back.
In Guangzhou, I boug...Dip--great to see you back. <br /><br />In Guangzhou, I bought my bread (bagels and pizza crust--both called nan), raisins, and kebab from a colony of Uighur migrants there. I later learned that the place, welcoming enough to a wandering Westerner, was a no-go zone to the local police. What I gathered from some of those people--as well as others who had traveled to the homeland of Xinjiang/Sharki Turkistan--is that there was a lot of anger against the Chinese regime, and a sense, in those heady days of the 1990's, that Big Brother was mortal after all.<br /><br />My guess is that the Islamic world has a surfeit of nasty leaders, albeit homegrown rather than imposed by "them folks", and when such nasty leaders loosen their grip (as must inevitably happen), all pandemonium breaks out.<br /><br />BTW, re Dip's answer to Oldseadog, not only was Sodom Insane a supporter of Falastin Arab suicide bombers, but he also gave a hiding place to Abu Nidal. In Gulf War I, his people were talking to everyone from the IRA to the Moro Liberation Front about assassinating coalition diplomats and their dependents. I can't say I'm sorry to see Sodom Insane hanged--although the executioners chanting the name of Poopy-pants Moqtadar as they did the job was a portent of things to come.<br /><br />Still, much as I decry the persecution and killing of some of the world's oldest Christian communities (to say nothing of the uprooting of the Mizrahi Jews by the Ba'athis before), and see the ISIS folks as bloody-minded savages who could use a visitation of another Huleku Khan, I'm wondering if now might be the time when US policy has to recognize that history is going to happen no matter what. We are seeing before our eyes that Sykes' and Picot's lines are probably not viable in the long run.<br /><br />Kephahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999385775493831638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-15749944296046901702014-09-16T19:41:33.035-04:002014-09-16T19:41:33.035-04:00Also left Ansar al-Islam and other terrorist group...Also left Ansar al-Islam and other terrorist groups to freely roam uncontrolled areas of his claimed territory. If we view that in terms of property, that's paying their rent.<br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-54745988071462719032014-09-16T13:01:23.723-04:002014-09-16T13:01:23.723-04:00Supposedly, at least one document destroyed was an...Supposedly, at least one document destroyed was an original intelligence estimate of AQ along with penciled margin notes by one or the other Clinton.<br /><br />One would guess the notes said something embarrassing to the Clintons re 9/11,.WhiteHallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-81186518855279033232014-09-16T12:58:06.601-04:002014-09-16T12:58:06.601-04:00The Anglo settlers and their governments had a dif...The Anglo settlers and their governments had a difficult time dealing with the American Indian tribes due to their disorganization. From the times of King Phillip's War in the 1600s down to the American Indian Movement of the 1960s, getting a deal with a "chief" was not a reliable political solution due to a tribe's loose political discipline and tendency for splinter groups.WhiteHallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-70290581643654540262014-09-15T20:35:31.062-04:002014-09-15T20:35:31.062-04:00Many tribes in the ME consider America something o...Many tribes in the ME consider America something of a tribe. There is a difference between an organization and a tribe don't you think? By definition if nothing else.whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-10838087871779045192014-09-14T22:29:45.293-04:002014-09-14T22:29:45.293-04:00Case in point - that nasty Rottenham business. Ta...Case in point - that nasty Rottenham business. Talk about ruining yourself over PCness!<br /><br />LibertyGrace'sGrandmaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-70593706125809979002014-09-14T20:13:27.144-04:002014-09-14T20:13:27.144-04:00I am sympathetic to your point, Mr. Mous, but not ...I am sympathetic to your point, Mr. Mous, but not quite following you.<br /><br />Is a tribe that can't be trusted less trustworthy than some other sort of organization that can't be trusted?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-32480781196235930132014-09-14T20:09:27.637-04:002014-09-14T20:09:27.637-04:00Obama sets policy when he chooses Valerie Jarret, ...Obama sets policy when he chooses Valerie Jarret, and continues to set policy every second he leaves her in charge.<br /><br />Personnel is policy.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-40273062395921151402014-09-14T20:04:22.011-04:002014-09-14T20:04:22.011-04:00Perhaps, but mostly the chiefs are restrained by p...Perhaps, but mostly the chiefs are restrained by professional discipline. The military conforms to the political direction of the civilian leadership, however bizarre.<br /><br />Makes it harder, doesn't it?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-32781399825110726772014-09-14T20:00:45.709-04:002014-09-14T20:00:45.709-04:00And here I thought you were going to say our most ...And here I thought you were going to say our most dangerous enemy was Russia. Or possibly China or even Iran.<br /><br />The Democrats (possibly with exceptions) aren't our enemies. They're us. Or some of us, anyway.<br /><br />Makes it harder, doesn't it?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-19565091828302745392014-09-14T19:55:17.053-04:002014-09-14T19:55:17.053-04:00Noted, Mr. Hall. Glad to make your acquaintance.
...Noted, Mr. Hall. Glad to make your acquaintance.<br /><br />Yes, the news about Egypt remains shocking, if not surprising.<br /><br />Interesting that in ecology the well-being of a species is virtually identified with its population, whereas among "ecology" fans are often in favor of reducing the human population -- usually by means they don't think about much, but which are brutal.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-50663402170044530262014-09-14T19:35:31.439-04:002014-09-14T19:35:31.439-04:00He was a supporter of suicide bombers in the West ...He was a supporter of suicide bombers in the West Bank, providing their families cash.DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-60628021883785060062014-09-14T17:45:01.698-04:002014-09-14T17:45:01.698-04:00If Jarrett didn't "set policy" no on...If Jarrett didn't "set policy" no one would. VacuumRobert of Ottawanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-73040109042964102622014-09-14T16:41:46.876-04:002014-09-14T16:41:46.876-04:00...and tribes that don't trust each other eith......and tribes that don't trust each other either.whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-90580829853978897002014-09-14T14:39:53.471-04:002014-09-14T14:39:53.471-04:00Also we a dealing with TRIBES that can't be tr...Also we a dealing with TRIBES that can't be trusted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-83612249243182313012014-09-14T14:26:57.815-04:002014-09-14T14:26:57.815-04:00Or she, of course.
Or she, of course.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-65658968054849967492014-09-14T14:22:52.949-04:002014-09-14T14:22:52.949-04:00A bad thing, too, really, since it would be yet an...A bad thing, too, really, since it would be yet another triumph of propaganda over truth.<br /><br />As nearly as I can tell--and I am not a Moslem, and have only read about the four *major* schools of Islamic interpretation--people recruiting to--by which I mean being recruited by--violent causes in the name of Islam *actually are* representing--by which I mean obeying--Islam.<br /><br />If I could, though, I would persuade them not to do it anyway.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-32069475987429387762014-09-14T14:21:27.607-04:002014-09-14T14:21:27.607-04:00As ever you are so right.
.I do, however question...As ever you are so right. <br />.I do, however question your assertion that Saddam Hussein was a terrorist sponsor. To my knowledge that has never been proved, and I think it is most unlikely. He was a dictator who was interested in his own power and that of his tribe. He would have recognised AlQuaida for example as a many headed snake which he could not control. I am a cultural Catholic, he was the same as far as Islam was concerned. Just as Franco would go to mass, so Saddam would go to the Mosque.oldseadognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-23791468108087549822014-09-14T14:13:33.155-04:002014-09-14T14:13:33.155-04:00"Biology" as in "they gotta eat!&qu..."Biology" as in "they gotta eat!" Plus demographics, as you mention since, no food no demos.<br /><br />I was shocked to read that Egypt has to import half its caloric intake. Yemen and many others Muslim countries have similar import needs. (Pakistan is a net exporter I understand.)<br /><br />Actual, there's a whole branch of ecology that treats life as energy flows.<br /><br />Note that I capitalize the H to make sure whitewall and Whitehall are understood to be different commenters.<br />WhiteHallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-78450093385003901022014-09-14T13:48:32.900-04:002014-09-14T13:48:32.900-04:00When Vallery Jarrett is not setting policy, we my ...When Vallery Jarrett is not setting policy, we my have a chance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-88341907281229307442014-09-14T01:00:34.243-04:002014-09-14T01:00:34.243-04:00Mr. Mous, sir,
A combat soldier -- in this respec...Mr. Mous, sir,<br /><br />A combat soldier -- in this respect like like a cop, but more so -- sees facts, and cumulatively truths, so radically beyond civilian experience as to become virtually a different sort of being, who makes a civilian nervous. From that reaction he ultimately tends to draw together with others like himself.<br /><br />I wish I were as sure as my friend Cascadian that you service was not wasted. Under other circumstances--no reason to be coy: under a Republican president--your sacrifices and your buddies' would not have been wasted. I think.<br /><br />But I fear that a Democratic president's relation to the military is that he passes wind with your life.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-79144718676652210362014-09-14T00:47:37.471-04:002014-09-14T00:47:37.471-04:00Can't be true.. .just can't... what the he...Can't be true.. .just can't... what the heck did Sandy Burger destroy in the national archives anyways? It must have been *extremely* damning for him to take that conviction just to get rid of those documents.<br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-24241358491197360512014-09-14T00:44:42.053-04:002014-09-14T00:44:42.053-04:00Hi, Hall.
If by biology you mean demography--and ...Hi, Hall.<br /><br />If by biology you mean demography--and you should: the future belong to who shows up--the Jews will quite soon (2030s?) be a comfortable supermajority of the population of the Jewish Partition of Mandatory Palestine, the whole shebang between the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea, which by the international-legal principle *uti possidetis* (yes, that very same violated by Putin in annexing Crimea) *still* belongs to Israel, and which it will have no reason that I can think of not to reannex.<br /><br />Assuming, again, that Iranian nuclear weapons don't annihilate the whole country.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-26163178195490615192014-09-14T00:30:44.645-04:002014-09-14T00:30:44.645-04:00It's all the fault of the Jews and the bicycli...It's all the fault of the Jews and the bicyclists.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-61295974866697761982014-09-13T21:50:08.195-04:002014-09-13T21:50:08.195-04:00You have more than my sympathy, you have my respec...You have more than my sympathy, you have my respect. Thank you for your service under difficult circumstances, it was not a waste of time although the tactical advantages you gained have indeed been squandered, and had the military been allowed to fight unhindered by rules of engagement you would have been totally successful.<br />You and your colleagues have been let down by the politicians-plain as day.<br />If it is any help, you should know that many civilians also feel at drift from the current leadership and the populace seeming acceptance of such poor standards of executive execution.<br />I wish you well with your future endeavours.<br />From a thankful Canadian.Cascadiannoreply@blogger.com