The meeting in Djibouti is comparable to the 'Meeting of the Muppets'. As the song goes, 'shimbiriyahow heesa, halkan fariistoo, hees wanaagsan heesa' . The good Sheikh Shariif has lost what sense of realpolitik he had previously, and has become a hired suit.
The wishful thinking that beguiles some people that the wide-ranging Islamic sentiment currently seen in many countries will be defeated, is but persistent delirium of the most severest form. One cannot uproot a deep-rooted thousand year old sentiment with bombings and renditions. You cannot kill a ...
As a SOL member of many (read: many) years and a poster of thousands of posts, I could no longer with-stand the double-standard treatment that is prevelent in that forum. Thus, I decided not to participate in it once and for all. Although I have a great number of friends - some of which real life ...