tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post499024506291646328..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: How a Court Pushed Israel and the United States into MeltdownThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-18318935319681033072015-01-08T10:43:52.977-08:002015-01-08T10:43:52.977-08:00Interesting questions, Steve. I just finished a r...Interesting questions, Steve. I just finished a report in The Independent about English radical Muslim leader Anjem Choudary believed to be a recruiter for ISIS. He's a pretty provocative guy who praises the 9/11 attackers and other Muslim terrorists. He defended yesterday's attacks by claiming there is no room for freedom of expression in Islam. How that excuses the butchery isn't apparent but I found this jerk's remarks quite inflammatory and I try to avoid "hot button" reactions. It struck me that he was making the argument that fundamentalist Islam is incompatible with Western liberal democratic values. Why then do Chaudary and his type choose to remain in places like Britain?<br /><br />A lot of what has gone on going back well before 9/11 and as far back as the Russian fiasco in Afghanistan has been sponsored by princes and other prominent Arabs from countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait - places we still treat as our friends and allies.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-37698352827735166312015-01-08T10:31:19.736-08:002015-01-08T10:31:19.736-08:00You can only keep some issues swept neatly under t...You can only keep some issues swept neatly under the carpet for so long. Sooner or later somone is going to trip over the mess and demand an explanation. For example, does Islamic Terrrorism exist because "they hate freedom" or is it part of <a href="http://thinkingaboot.blogspot.ca/2015/01/world-leaders-need-to-stop-talking-like.html" rel="nofollow">state sponsered proxy wars?</a><br />Rulers fear the rule of law mnore than anything. Because no one is above the law,right? Well maybe some leaders are beside it, and on top of it.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-16411427046169149982015-01-07T22:11:56.328-08:002015-01-07T22:11:56.328-08:00Don't forget, Lorne, that both Trudeau, in loc...Don't forget, Lorne, that both Trudeau, in lockstep with his predecessor Ignatieff, and (initially) Mulcair backed Israel's Dahiyeh in Gaza. Mulcair only changed his tune afterward when he saw the political consequence barreling down on him.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-79510354926142054442015-01-07T18:18:34.230-08:002015-01-07T18:18:34.230-08:00It is hard to draw anything but the most logical o...It is hard to draw anything but the most logical of conclusions here, Mound: the corruption of any morality in policy decisions in favour of vote-getting expedience. That is true not only in the U.S., of course, but also in Harper's Canada.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com