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Just plainly dumb
Reader comment on item: Erdoğan Bares His Fangs
in response to reader comment: Is Erdoğan smart and clever or EU leadership just plainly dumb?
Submitted by Ugri (Finland), Jan 7, 2009 at 02:37
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The plain and regrettable truth is that both options are true. Studying Islam, its tenets and its ultimate goals is hard work, something which the politicians willingly postpone to the distant future. So EU leadership is just plainly dumb. They have neglected to do their homework.
What I have learned reading articles by Dr Pipes, the situation in the US is hardly any better. Which should not give anybody a cause for schadenfreude, we are dealing here with really serious issues. And realizing the presence of mighty spiritual powers behind all these visible phenomena wouldn't hurt.
Romesh Chander
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| wolf in sheeps' clothes [40 words] | Phil Greend | Mar 30, 2009 22:13 | 152997 | ||
 Turkish choice [20 words] | bary soetoro | Jan 13, 2010 12:14 | 152997 | ||
| A nasty bit of goods [74 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Mar 14, 2009 11:30 | 152269 | ||
| Fangs appear when mouth opens [8 words] | Kiwi | Feb 23, 2009 06:35 | 151000 | ||
| who created the monster [39 words] | atilla | Jan 30, 2009 01:58 | 149504 | ||
| Erdogan's actual comments, translated by me [149 words] | Translator | Jan 12, 2009 22:05 | 147890 | ||
| Erdoğan Is on a Witchunt for Secular Turks! We need to get the word out! [60 words] | Turk | Jan 14, 2009 03:07 | 147890 | ||
| Let Turks have the last say on Erdogan [78 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Mar 16, 2009 04:30 | 147890 | ||
| Secular Turkey? [208 words] | J. D. Kimo Smith | Jan 9, 2009 22:36 | 147618 | ||
| just a quote from that president [87 words] | Don | Jan 6, 2009 17:27 | 147174 | ||
| Erdoğan Bares His Fangs [64 words] | mo | Jan 15, 2009 17:46 | 147174 | ||
| Is Erdoğan smart and clever or EU leadership just plainly dumb? [91 words] | Romesh Chander | Jan 6, 2009 16:06 | 147170 | ||
 Just plainly dumb [109 words] | Ugri | Jan 7, 2009 02:37 | 147170 | ||
| You don't have to be scholar to understand Islam [95 words] | Romesh Chander | Jan 7, 2009 17:46 | 147170 | ||
| Erudite vigilance [77 words] | Ugri | Jan 8, 2009 09:23 | 147170 | ||
| You don't have to be a scholar, but you can't be a politician either [141 words] | jennifer solis | Jan 9, 2009 17:54 | 147170 | ||
| Nor do Europeans, Mr. Chander [8 words] | Abu Nudnik | Jan 10, 2009 10:29 | 147170 | ||
| Look at the crest of the USSR [107 words] | Abu Nudnik | Jan 10, 2009 10:40 | 147170 | ||
| True, but... [156 words] | Abu Nudnik | Jan 10, 2009 10:48 | 147170 | ||
| Fangs? [29 words] | K.H. Ahmed | Jan 6, 2009 15:44 | 147169 | ||
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| Under the skin... [200 words] | Norma Fares | Jan 6, 2009 11:33 | 147146 | ||
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| Do you expect the world to believe it? [104 words] | Romesh Chander | Jan 6, 2009 21:18 | 147136 | ||
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| disagree [133 words] | SkepticOverAll | Jan 6, 2009 09:06 | 147127 | ||
| Excuse me [115 words] | Turkish-Soldier | Jan 6, 2009 08:41 | 147122 | ||
| What is the west reaping anyway?? [144 words] | Sammish | Jan 7, 2009 10:11 | 147122 | ||
| The Blame is on Islam, not Turkey [199 words] | der Alleswisser | Jan 9, 2009 05:32 | 147122 | ||
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| Erdogan, Gaza and Kurds [43 words] | john | Jan 6, 2009 07:44 | 147115 | ||
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| So - how strong is the military oversight? [27 words] | ilya | Jan 6, 2009 07:28 | 147113 | ||
| Imam of Istanbul [223 words] | D. ATA | Jan 6, 2009 02:44 | 147099 | ||
| Re D. Atat [59 words] | Peter Herz | Jan 7, 2009 15:26 | 147099 | ||
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| The Whole Tooth [101 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Rebecca Moulds | Jan 5, 2009 22:46 | 147081 | ||
| English Transcription is Wrong AGAIN!!!!! [61 words] | Danyal | Jan 7, 2009 06:28 | 147081 | ||
| Be that as it may [25 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Jan 7, 2009 18:04 | 147081 | ||
| Dr Pipes predicted this but I will say.. [39 words] | james burke | Jan 13, 2009 15:25 | 147081 | ||
| 10 Points [18 words] | Ugri | Jan 15, 2009 00:46 | 147081 |
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