April 28, 2003

  • Even more amazing than the unprecedented military victory of American forces in Iraq may be the utter confusion, searing soul-searching, hand-wringing, and self-finger-pointing that many Arabs in Arab nations are now engaged in:


    April 9: Where are the Arabs heading to and from where? A few questions…(Part I)



    Bassam al Antari-Albawaba.com:



    Jordanian political analyst Uraib Rantawi:



    ...and it is my belief that such will continue unless/until America's esteem and stature is toppled or severely damaged. 


    How might the Arab David topple the American Goliath?  A combination of several of the scenarios below could quicksand the ground that we patrol mighty fast:


    1) Extensively impugn the morality of the troops and/or civilian contractors stationed in Iraq (and, by extension, American culture) with repeated reports of supposed (invented and/or real) rape, pandering, gambling, theft, recklessness, and, yes, even Christian evangelizing.  (the 'immorality' factor)


    2) Discredit the elections when they occur through disruptions and violence.  Possibly even car-bombing election locations or dispensing biological or chemical agents into such thus rendering the election process incomplete and unreliable.  (the 'Arab chad' factor)


    3) Insure (if necessary) that weapons of mass destruction are never found.  If they are 'never found' (and how long do we wait for 'never'?), how many will clamor that our presence is illegitimate in being based on 'false pretenses'?  (the 'gun never smoked' factor)


    4) A series of successful assassinations of 'leading democratic candidates' in Iraq supposedly to prove that America is failing to provide a safe milieu for 'its' vision of a blossoming democracy.  (the 'democracy is deadly' factor)


    5) Assassinating George Bush to prove that vengeance is Allah's.  (the 'I'm rubber, you're glue' factor)


    6) Blaming epidemic outbreaks of deadly contagious disease on Americans due to the deterioration of the hygienic infrastructure from war and/or to the supposed (invented and/or real) vector transmission from Americans to Iraqis of AIDS, SARS, or any other disease that hasn't yet massively befallen them, but may yet come to do so while Americans are still present in large numbers. (the 'your presence is toxic' factor)


    7) The construction of a McDonald's in downtown Baghdad (the 'omg Ronald isn't Muslim!' factor)


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