Imagine handing out them little Bibles to this lot? And Shiite football-hate to have to call a late penalty against one of their sides-even Collina wouldn't have the stones for that.
Franklin Graham is nuts. Meanwhile, as long as the blood letting is done in a ritualistic religious rite, and not in an effort to impose a theocratic political state, who cares?? Let 'em enjoy. Of course, the only reason they can engage in this sort of Medieval ritual is that we came in and kicked out the guy Ben Reilly now seems to find attractive. Apparently, gratefulness is not a part of the Shiite sensibility. In keeping with the religious theme, we all need to go to bed at night and pray that somehow, someway, the new Iraqi political scheme manages to separate church and state. This is critical.
Only compared to the lunatics that run Iran and may run Iraq. Wouldn't it be ironic if in response to an Islamic extremist killing thousands of Americans we spend tens of billions putting someone like him in charge of Iraq. Brilliant. We need another Saddam, but one without the international ambition.
This was one of the risks we faced when we started this enterprise. If you avoid doing things simply because it's POSSIBLE bad things MIGHT happen, well, welcome to enervation-world. However, because this is getting such huge play in the press -- you know, like the Feyadeen are creating a quagmire, or our cruise missles are dropping on marketplaces, stuff like that -- perhaps it's not all that big a deal. Let's see how it shakes out. Tell that to the kids who spent some formative time in the dungeons.