tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post5907544434593697179..comments2024-01-20T21:17:03.430-05:00Comments on "Sweetness, and Light": "...Fuck No!"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12914769586760504627noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post-24851025805499662732015-05-26T11:58:33.044-04:002015-05-26T11:58:33.044-04:00Oman! Good for you!
Careful of the customs, but o...Oman! Good for you!<br /><br />Careful of the customs, but otherwise learn have a swell time, and keep going don't stop...explore the World!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914769586760504627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post-31481126739408811402015-05-25T11:30:38.494-04:002015-05-25T11:30:38.494-04:00Hey Sydney, In the region now, across the water in...Hey Sydney, In the region now, across the water in Muscat, Oman, for a month studying Arabic. The folks here are swell.Fitzcarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08256340487769777474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post-66107575412749102562015-05-25T02:12:17.267-04:002015-05-25T02:12:17.267-04:00According to John Wight's recent article in Co...According to John Wight's recent article in Counterpunch, US efforts against IS have been ineffective basically because we're on the wrong side. The only powers in the region that have any stomach for fighting IS are Syria and Iran, the first of which we've been actively attacking for years and the second... well, you know the history there. No way will our rulers be willing to team up with those actors, which is what would probably do the job. Our best buddy in the ME is Saudi Arabia, who are the ones primarily *funding* IS. It's their baby. With this sort of geopolitical background, a few bombs dropped here and there don't make enough difference to matter. <br /><br />That the Wahabbist death cultists now control the site of ancient Palmyra appalls me. I dread to hear the news of its destruction. They also have murdered about 400 people in the last couple of days, many of them kids. <br /><br />If we want to see what a golden age doesn't look like, now would be a good example. <br /><br />ZaekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com