Canadians fighting in Syria

Some of these Canadians are converted Muslims and part of extremists group such as Al-Qaeda. One thing you can say about Assad is that he kept these kinds of extremists out of Syria. Now is U.S. going to support these groups and similar extremists? It is hard to understand why would they do that.

Before the invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein kept extremists out of Iraq, especially Al-Qaeda. Now I believe there are a large number of Al-Qaeda, or individuals sympathetic to Al-Qaeda, in Iraq. I don't understand the foreign policy of the U.S or, for that matter, Canada. We seem to be supporting and defending extremists.

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Tea Party - If it wins the party is over

Keith Olbermann gave an excellent extended Special Comment on the extremism of Tea Party candidates, using their own words to expose their agenda and what it would mean for Americans. It would be an America that Americans would no longer recognize.

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Making of an Extremist

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Last night, April 25, 2010 there was a fascinating story by Lesley Stahl of 60 minutes on Islamic extremists and what makes them extremists. A former member of a Muslim extremist group in Britain told Stahl that the narrative used to lure people is that the US and the West invaded Afghanistan and Iraq to destroy Islam; and that this narrative works. In other words, these two wars provided all the fodder for feeding extremism and a fertile ground for such extremism.

I don't know about Bush because he has not evolved from a primate and stated once that God spoke to him to invade Iraq. However Cheney was the main architect of starting these wars and there is no doubt that the motive was oil and money - Cheney put a trance on Bush, using religion as his tool. We know quite well about the oil reserves in Iraq. In the case of Afghanistan it is strategically located for a natural gas pipline from the former neighbouring Soviet states, bringing that gas to the Persian Gulf, exporting to China, the US and other countries to make a lot of money.

We know that the Iraq invasion was justified by some imaginary WMDs. In the case of Afghanistan, the government at the time was willing to negotiate and put Osama Bin Laden on trial and maybe ultimately hand him over. But that was not Cheney's interest as it was about resources. As far as Taliban and women's rights is concerned, that is as big a bull as WMDs. Women are more oppressed today than they were before the invasion and there are a lot more cases of rape, molestation of little girls for sex and especially little boys. These are stories coming from Afghan women themselves including Malalai Joya. Karzai himself is a Taliban or not any different at all, so much for that baloney of Karzai "the reformer".

The problem is that both are badly botched wars and both countries have been destroyed and engulfed in civil wars. You cannot win the hearts and minds of local people in that kind of environment. Afghanistan is an un-winnable war and is a real quagmire and graveyard for empires. As long as these botched up wars continue and looting of local resources continues, these areas will be prime breeding grounds for extremism. The only way out is to end these wars through negotiations or the US will have no choice but to leave in a manner not much different than Vietnam.

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Liz Cheney and the Band

While rest of the world is analyzing Obama's speech in Egypt and what a lasting impact it could have on the world peace, Liz Cheney and Band continues to sing the song of "How Bad Obama is" for delivering such a speech. I suppose the extremists both in the US and the Muslim world agree on that. What does that tell you about extremists and rightwingnuts we have here?

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Two Morons - The Messangers of Hate

Let me quickly point out that I am anti-war and whosoever is the aggressor, I condemn them. The recent slaughter by Israel in Gaza falls in that category. At first I did not follow the issue that closely, but when some moron tried to censor thoughts on a certain aggregate, I studied the issue more and then reached the conclusion that the IDF and the Government of Israel did carry out a horrific slaughter in Gaza.

I got attacked on both sides. Two examples are Schlemiel and A-Lunatic. Schlemiel (or Schmuck) accused me of "anti-semitism" and the other called me a "coward Jew-lover "and "condescending Canadian."

Let us start with Schlemiel. He called me an anti-semite and neo-Nazi because I criticise Israel and especailly Netanyahu. This guy is immature and a bit of an imbecile. He is obsessed with certain parts of human anatomy, see here and here. This should give you pretty good idea what an imbecile this useless tote is.

Then he wrote a post on me, accusing me of being a neo-Nazi. Here is part of it.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 07, 2009
How To Tell a "LiberalONLINE" from a Neo Nazi?

What do you call someone who spreads false 9/11 quotes, supposedly by prominent Jews? And if these quotes are sourced from someone who hates Anne Frank? And worships Hitler? And whose favourite book is "Mein Kampf"?

You call him "LeDaro", a "Progressive", "LiberalONLINE" blogger from Canada.

You can read the rest here. It is contained in one of the last comments. He quickly deleted the post when he realized how imbecile it was. But he did not stop there, he wrote another post accusing me of the same. You can read that here and make up your own mind about the imbecility of this person.

This guy's heroes are:

1) Netanyahu
2) Avigdor Lieberman
3) Stephen Harper

Now for the A-Lunatic, he is a self-declared anti-semite. His comments were so horrible that I started deleting them and he became very abusive, calling me a Jew Lover, a coward, and a condescending Canadian. I had to put my blog comments on moderation mode to escape his attacks. His blog could have been written by Hitler himself because it was so full of hate, irrationality, and imbecile rhetoric. Here was one of his links: http://zionofascism.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/what-if-hitler-had-killed-six-million-jews/#comments

It was full of hatred and I am glad that Wordpress has caught on and removed his blog. It was a hate-filled post where he was defending Hitler and justifying the Holocaust. In one word, that post was disgusting, and his hero is here.

It is sad that people like these two succeed to kill any goodwill in a society. As long as people like them exist, we will have problems. Maybe Google should remove this Schlemiel's blog like Wordpress removed A-Lunatic.

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