[MD] Muslim Mechanisms

[khaledsa]

[craig]

> But don't you consider religion to be a major component of culture. 
> Living in the same geographic area hasn't tended to lessen sectarian 
> strife 
> 
> between Iraqi Sunnis & Shiites, Palestinian Muslims & Jews, 
> Lebanese  
> Muslims & Christians, Northern Irish Catholics & Protestants, Indian
and Hindus & Muslims... 

Sure, and each claiming his religion to be the correct one. But my point
was that certain memberships tend to trump others.

there is a saying in that part of the world, : " me and brother against
my cousin, me and my cousin against the forefinger". And as pirsing
mentioned before the showdown with the professor at the university of
Chicago:

from ZMM:
The Chairman falters and hesitates, acts afraid of his class and does not
really engage them. Phædrus wonders what the consequences of this will
be.
Then he sees a bad thing happen. The beat-up innocent student who has
watched him earlier now is no longer so innocent. He is sneering at the
Chairman and asking him sarcastic and insinuating questions. The
Chairman, already crippled, is now being killed -- but then Phædrus
realizes
this was what was intended for himself.
He can't feel sorry, just disgusted. When a shepherd goes to kill a wolf,
and takes his dog to see the sport, he should take care to avoid
mistakes. The
dog has certain relationships to the wolf the shepherd may have
forgotten.

That's the point I was trying to make. And that's why we keep floundering
in out foreign policy.

Khaled
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