Ignorance and stupidity

Submitted by David W. Lincoln (Canada), Nov 27, 2007 at 11:25

Trying to compress some things into a finite window works for some things, like losing weight before a major holiday. But, when it comes to draining the poison attributable to the brigands and marauders who used notes from a heretical monk to justify man's inhumanity to man by those who stormed out of the Arabian Peninsula 14 centuries ago, it makes me wonder why I do not see more examples of thinking outside the box by the Oval Office.

Expecting the softliners to change is like expecting a leopard to change its spots. It won't happen. So, what are they good at? Arranging gabfests. Even though portions would threaten or moan to being held to an objective standard, that is the surest route to take to realize the goal of each land enjoying a precious gift of the almighty, namely Liberty. It begins, in the greater Mid East, when the upper echelons of all groups accept the message of Wafa Sultan, Nona Darwish, and others who agree with them. Then, when that message sinks in (like the message of Jonathan Edwards had to precede Ben Franklin), then we will hear "Salaam" extended to Jews, and "Shalom" extended to Arabs. For, by then, the poison will have been drained, and the best examples of the governing of Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat will be manifested many times.

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