Have We Learned Nothing?
Yeah, yeah, I know the answer to that, don’t worry. So apparently a revered Shiite shrine has been bombed and in our usual, obliviously generous way, the US has offered to help rebuild it. What??? On what planet do we think that offer would be welcomed? Have we learned nothing over the last 5 years about how we’re viewed in that part of the world? I can’t see this offer being seen as anything more than completely offensive. Am I wrong?
posted by Esther @ 9:04 AM
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9 Comments:
Oh wow, I missed that one. Can't we just send them a condolence card and leave it at that? Aren't there starving in the USA that could use the money? Edifices that are in need of repair?
I believe it's a good idea to help rebuild this shrine. The majority of Iraqis support us and they appreciate what we are doing.
RA, it's pretty new, so you just hadn't seen it yet rather than you missed it. :)
Seawitch, in a normal world, I totally agree. Anyone should be thrilled with any offer of help. We rarely hear from any "majority" in any country in that part of the world. It's usually the extremist minority we hear from... at least, that's the way it seems.
What is more dangerous to Islam's quest for world domination:
1. Western society waking up to the challenge or
2. Shi'ite and Sunni factions killing each other first?
Now that they have rid themselves of all Christian churches and Jewish synagogues they can start blowing up each others mosques.
We should help rebuild their mosque right after they help rebuild some of the churches and synagogues that they've destroyed.
I know!
We should ask Turkey to return Haga Sophia it was the most holy place in the Eastern Orthodox Christiandom before it was turned into a mosque in 1453.
Should the Saudis donate some money to help in rebuilding those Buddha statues in Bamyanin Afghanistan?
There are Jewish sites in Iraq. The tomb of Ezra is somewhere in Iraq and I think it is a Mosque as well. I wonder how that area escaped unscathed.
Esther,
the US has offered to help rebuild it. What??? On what planet do we think that offer would be welcomed?
Our help will not be welcomed, IMO. I think that ultimately the blame for the mosque's destruction will be shifted to the United States: "If the U.S. hadn't come here, this wouldn't have happened." Or, even worse, "This is Allah's way of showing how vile the influence of the Great Satan is."
These militant Muslims turn everything against us.
I agree with Crusader: We should help rebuild their mosque right after they help rebuild some of the churches and synagogues that they've destroyed.
Iraqi Shia aren't stupid. They all know Moqtada Al-Sadr is a puppet of Iran, which possesses zero Shia holy sites. Iran is the only one that can benefit from destroying the Iraqi Shia sites that prevent the Iranians from having theological legitimacy in Shia Islam. He's a self-marginalizing non-factor in the new Iraqi democracy.
Nope. You're not wrong, Esther. As usual you're absolutely right!
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