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Macheath · 05-12-2003, 02:59 AM

Well Bush IS going to need an Ayatollah if he wants to reenact Reagan's '80s.

Haven't you ever read the Onion article?
http://www.theonion.com/onion3702/re...ve_branch.html

Thing about repressive regimes is, the church or the mosque has always been a pretty decent place to organize some political opposition. Problem is when the extremists are the ones doing the organizing. The US should try to involve Iraqis in secular civil administration at the local level, outside of the mosques - help them get that well built before the local Imam helps them do it.

05-12-2003, 02:59 AM	#10 (permalink)
Macheath Junkie Location: Sydney, Australia	Well Bush IS going to need an Ayatollah if he wants to reenact Reagan's '80s. Haven't you ever read the Onion article? http://www.theonion.com/onion3702/re...ve_branch.html Thing about repressive regimes is, the church or the mosque has always been a pretty decent place to organize some political opposition. Problem is when the extremists are the ones doing the organizing. The US should try to involve Iraqis in secular civil administration at the local level, outside of the mosques - help them get that well built before the local Imam helps them do it.