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wulfenstraat -> RE: Obama vis a vis Osama (5/9/2011 4:16:05 PM)
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And, no; fezzes aren't cool. There's not much about Turkish, Iranian or Arabic culture that I admire, certainly not the way they hide their women.
I just want the Turks, the Kurds, the Sunnis and the Alawites among the Shiites to enjoy their God-Given freedom to live their lives as they themselves see fit, which definitely means we won't actively interfere in trying to change them. As Americans, we try too hard; we're un-subtle. We do more than necessary and more than what is right. We can't and shouldn't try to make them like/like us.
Because the truth is that as much as we try to propagandize a new vision of world-citizenry upon them (which, of course, is the same glorious vision that illuminates the civilized world), this state of affairs is necessarily tilted off-kilter, our viewpoint of the world washing over them. As in all balanced systems, this means we are likewise impacted by the muddied backwash from our own propaganda. In short, if we try to make them wear a baseball cap, they are going to try jamming a fez on top of our heads.
They just want us to leave them alone; and we're better off if we do. We just want to be left alone too, to enjoy our own God-Given freedom to live our lives as we see fit. We'll be better neighbors too. As we're fond of saying, "We welcome you with leis/lays," (thereby innoculating them with anti-jihadist responsibilities to the rest of us).
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