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shamrock_uk · 02-03-2005, 10:34 PM

Euchh....I can't help it, but I just find the sentimentalism of American politics absolutely sickening (re. the symbolic tearful embrace mentioned)

I wouldn't worry about an increased risk of jihad, I think that the Iraq war has done its damage in that respect. The only risk is that more and more Iraqi's themselves will join the fighting if conditions don't improve after the elections.

Just watching an undercover documentary in Pakistan. After the war in Afghanistan, the religious party swept 52 seats in the Pakistani elections - they'd never before got more than 4.

That's the biggest risk, if the war on terror keeps being pursued in such an unsophisticated way, anti-American feeling will become more and more 'mainstream' and legitimised to the detriment of us all

[ 02-03-2005, 10:38 PM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]

02-03-2005, 10:34 PM	#2
shamrock_uk Dracolich Join Date: January 24, 2004 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 3,092	Euchh....I can't help it, but I just find the sentimentalism of American politics absolutely sickening (re. the symbolic tearful embrace mentioned) I wouldn't worry about an increased risk of jihad, I think that the Iraq war has done its damage in that respect. The only risk is that more and more Iraqi's themselves will join the fighting if conditions don't improve after the elections. Just watching an undercover documentary in Pakistan. After the war in Afghanistan, the religious party swept 52 seats in the Pakistani elections - they'd never before got more than 4. That's the biggest risk, if the war on terror keeps being pursued in such an unsophisticated way, anti-American feeling will become more and more 'mainstream' and legitimised to the detriment of us all [ 02-03-2005, 10:38 PM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]