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Hail the commander, earn your meagre bread, dream in silence : Comments

By Bashir Goth, published 5/5/2006

When nations yearn for their tormentors.

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Bashir, an insightful essay, observing profound parallels between Somalia and Iraq. Your observations are dead on, disturbing as well. Even in our own Democratic nations, there are power hungry tyrants. The United States is being led down the road to financial ruin by the Bush administration. I find myself longing for the simple days when our President Clinton kept his major corruption a secret until the deal was done, (selling weapons technology to China, the loss of control of the Panama Canal to China, and the control of the ports at Long Beach to China.)We were manipulated to focus as a nation on his infidelity with a White House intern. All the while his legacy was one that set us up for the huge trade deficit we now face with China.

The point is he did give us a balanced budget, gasoline prices remained stable, and we did not go into a futile war. However, I view the man as a sexual predator, and a phony.

Given that the United Stated is now being led by a born again Christian who seems hell bent on creating Armageddon, I long for the good old days.

It is sad, when all we have to look forward to, is trading one mad, power hungry tyrant for another.
Posted by Patty Jr. Satanic Feminist, Friday, 5 May 2006 12:59:27 PM
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Bashir Goth certainly knows his subject. My feeling is the more these nations embrace Islam the more likely they are to flounder. They are experts in the arabic language and the koran but have no other ability apart from the capacity to lay waste and destroy. I don't know of any contribution Islam has made to humanity since about 1300AD.
Posted by SILLE, Saturday, 6 May 2006 9:47:41 AM
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After writing my post I began to ponder the significance of what I said. Being challenged on other opinion forums by such persons as Coach and Francis, I was thinking to myself, they will read my response and think I'm crazy to compare Bush, Clinton to the likes of Saddam and other murderous dictators.

So, in an effort to clarify, I will say this. Any human that seeks power over others is limited only by their charisma and the resistance they find in their way.
Posted by Patty Jr. Satanic Feminist, Saturday, 6 May 2006 12:15:23 PM
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Religion has always bred tyrants but Islam surpasses them all. One would think such savagery,such sheer brutality had no place in this modern age , Western nations flagellate themselves endlessly for their perceived lack of human rights,other nations have no respect for any life but their own.
All in the name of God. I wonder if He is a blood thirsty God or a gentle ,loving God.
Or is He just a good excuse for doing horrendous things. In His name.
Posted by mickijo, Tuesday, 9 May 2006 3:10:29 PM
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Does this article mean that one day we may look back and long for the times when Howard was the PM?

mickijo I seem to remember a few tyrants who were not Muslims- Stalin, Mau, Hitler and Pol Pot will do for a start.
Posted by Peace, Friday, 12 May 2006 2:29:07 PM
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