WTF is up with the Middle East?

Ya know what I think?

Peace in the Middle East is not possible…not now…and maybe not ever.
Why would I say such a horrible thing?

History.

And statements like this,

“I offer myself as a sacrifice to God and to the homeland”.

That statement was made by the latest suicide bomber to become small chunks in the area north of Gaza. She was a 57 year old grandmother named Fatma Najar. And her family is proud of what she did. "I am very proud of what she did. Allahu Akbar (God is greatest)," one of her sons, Fuad, 31, told Reuters. She was the mother of 9 and grandmother to 30 children. I can only imagine what her children and grandchildren are thinking and believing now. I wonder if grandma got any virgins when she reached paradise? Just sayin….


Between crazy-ass grandma and the absolute insanity we’re now seeing in Baghdad, I don’t see how it’s ever going to get better. You may remember we had a civil war here…and you may have seen the Civil War ‘re-enactors’ do their presentations. It was guys in blue vs. guys in grey. You could tell who was fighting for who… In the middle east, few are in uniform. Yesterday, more than 200 Shiites, most of them just minding their own business going about their daily do, were blown up. Today, they took revenge on the Sunnis by going to area mosques and killing 19 people. They burned four mosques down today…remember, we made sure to NOT damage the mosques for fear of upsetting the Muslim world, but they do it and it’s ok. Six of today’s victims were doused in kerosene and burned alive on the street. Lemme say that again….

BURNED ALIVE IN THE STREET.



Ya know what I think?

THERE IS NO REASON TO SAVE THE COUNTRY OF IRAQ AT THIS POINT. THERE IS NO REASON TO TRY TO MAINTAIN 'PEACE' IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

Pretty soon, Iran will have 'the bomb'. Isreal already has 'the bomb'. India and Pakistan already have 'the bomb'. If we just mind our own business for about the next 10 years, they'll all blow each other back to Allah...if we're smart, we'll just sell everyone over there weapons and make a whole lot of money in the process.

Both the Shiite’s and the Sunni’s are insane. They have no stated cause. They want American troops out (we’d like to leave, but y’all won’t stop killin’ each other), so they blow up fellow Iraqis. Because they’re different …

Link:
http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3331878,00.html

Geek Talk!

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