Hudna over, they regrouped and are at it again...
Wretchard at
The Belmont Club has an update on the resumed hostilities in Najaf. His closing comment is one that echos my thoughts to a great deal:
My thoughts:
I have no "hatred" towards people from the Middle East.
I have had the exceedingly great pleasure to know a number of people from that area and culture and have found them to be consistently some of the most gracious people in the world. (some -- not all; there are some bad apples there too, just as we enjoy in the USA).
Wretchard:
bq. I once wrote to a reader that I hated the Pied Pipers that led simple and ignorant people down the road to destruction.
These photos showing Sadr's "fighters" brought it home. Twisted ammo belts, mismatched calibers, museum piece M1919 machineguns, one magazine in a rifle, no tactical comms. How could he? How could he? Damn you Sadr.
NOTE: The "
These photos" site will take a while to download if you are on dial-up but it is worth it. This is the Children's Crusade all over again only these kids have been very much seduced to the dark side -- fighting for their 72 white raisins and yearning for martyrdom instead of learning about the internet and figuring out what they want to do with their lives...
So many of these lives lost for such and old and worthless quest.
The babies here are all in their 60's
Posted by DaveH at August 14, 2004 9:53 PM